Epoch

Furongian

497.0000 – 486.8500 Ma

The Furongian or Late Cambrian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian. It lasted from 497 to 486.85 million years ago. It succeeds the Miaolingian series of the Cambrian and precedes the Lower Ordovician Tremadocian Stage. It is subdivided into three stages: the Paibian, Jiangshanian and the unnamed 10th stage of the Cambrian.

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Furongian
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490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record
490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record
A new species of corcoraniid arthropod that lived during the Furongian epoch, between 497 and 487 million years ago, has been identified from an exceptionally preserved specimen found near Québec, Canada. The post 490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
29/05/2026 sci-news
Parent interval
Cambrian Period
Sub-intervals 3
Paibian
497.0000 – 494.2000
Jiangshanian
494.2000 – 491.0000
Stage 10
491.0000 – 486.8500