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LATE CAMBRIAN [2 records]

Record 1 2006-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Chronology
  • Archaeology
DEF

The upper series of the Cambrian.

OBS

Comprises (ascending): Dresbachian, Pranconian, Trempealeauan.

OBS

From 440,000,000 to 410,000,000 B.C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Chronologie
  • Archéologie
DEF

[...] étage supérieur du système cambrien.

OBS

Potsdamien : De Potsdam, ville de l'État de New-York (USA), grès.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Chronology
CONT

Late Cambrian sediments ... Classic exposures along Mississippi River and St. Croix River - rock of Late Cambrian age in North America are referred to as St. Croixan.

CONT

St. Croixan Series.

CONT

Croixan Series, Minnesota, Wisconsin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Chronologie
DEF

Se dit de l'étage supérieur du système cambrien.

OBS

[Cet étage] est caractérisé par des trilobites du genre olenus en Europe et dans l'est de l'Amérique du Nord et par des trilobites du genre dicellocephalus dans l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord.

Spanish

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