Lopingian (259.51 +/-0.21 Ma)
Back to Permian (298.90 +/-0.15 Ma)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- 0 / 35 / 30 / 0
- Color RGB
- R: 251 G: 167 B: 148
- Rank
- chronostratigraphic Epoch
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- valid formal name
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Lopingien
- Français
- Lopingien
- Italiano
- Lopingiano
- English
- Lopingian (259.51 +/-0.21 Ma)
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the town of Leping = Loping (Jiangxi Province, China).
- Historical Variants
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Loping Coal-bearing Series (von Richthofen 1883), Loping Series (Grabau ----), Lopingium
Hierarchy and sequence
- Subordinate units
Age
- Age at top
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- Changhsingian
- Age at base
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- Wuchiapingian