Telychian
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Paleogeography of the Telychian, 435 Ma | |||||||||||||
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| Name formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
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| Celestial body | Earth | ||||||||||||
| Regional usage | Global (ICS) | ||||||||||||
| Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale | ||||||||||||
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| Chronological unit | Age | ||||||||||||
| Stratigraphic unit | Stage | ||||||||||||
| Time span formality | Formal | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary definition | FAD of the graptolite Spirograptus guerichi | ||||||||||||
| Lower boundary GSSP | El Pintado section,
Seville, Spain 37°59′07″N 5°55′43″W / 37.9853°N 5.9285°W | ||||||||||||
| Lower GSSP ratified | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition | Imprecise. Currently placed between acritarch biozone 5 and LAD of Pterospathodus amorphognathoides. See Llandovery for more info. | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary definition candidates | A conodont boundary (Ireviken datum 2) which is close to the murchisoni graptolite biozone. | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP candidate section(s) | None | ||||||||||||
| Upper boundary GSSP | Hughley Brook, Apedale, UK 52°34′52″N 2°38′20″W / 52.5811°N 2.6389°W | ||||||||||||
| Upper GSSP ratified | 1980 | ||||||||||||
In the geologic timescale, the Telychian is the third and final age of the Llandovery Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Telychian Age was between 438.5 ± 1.2 million years ago (Ma) and 433.4 ± 0.8 Ma. The Telychian Age succeeds the Aeronian Age and precedes the Sheinwoodian Age. The name of the interval is derived from the Pen-lan-Telych Farm near Llandovery, Powys, Wales.
It ended with the Ireviken event.