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Kasimovian
Sixth stage of the Carboniferous
Sixth stage of the Carboniferous
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kasimovian |
| color | Kasimovian |
| time_start | 307.0 |
| time_start_uncertainty | 0.1 |
| time_end | 303.7 |
| time_end_uncertainty | 0.1 |
| timeline | Carboniferous |
| name_formality | Formal |
| celestial_body | earth |
| usage | Global (ICS) |
| timescales_used | ICS Time Scale |
| chrono_unit | Age |
| strat_unit | Stage |
| timespan_formality | Formal |
| lower_boundary_def | Not formally defined |
| lower_def_candidates | FAD of the Fusulinid Protriticites or 1 million years older Montiparus montiparus |
| lower_gssp_candidates | * Southern Ural Mountains |
| upper_boundary_def | Not formally defined |
| upper_def_candidates | FAD of the Conodont Idiognathodus simulator |
| upper_gssp_candidates | *Southern Ural mountains |
- Southwest USA
- Nashui, Luodian County, Guizhou, China
- Nashui, Luodian County, Guizhou, China
The Kasimovian is a geochronologic age or chronostratigraphic stage in the ICS geologic timescale. It is the third stage in the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous), lasting from to Ma.; 2004: A Geologic Time Scale 2004, Cambridge University Press. The Kasimovian Stage follows the Moscovian and is followed by the Gzhelian. The Kasimovian saw an extinction event which occurred around 305 mya, referred to as the Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse. It roughly corresponds to the Missourian in North American geochronology and the Stephanian in western European geochronology.
Name and definition
The Kasimovian is named after the Russian city of Kasimov. The stage was split from the Moscovian in 1926 by Boris Dan'shin (1891-1941), who gave it the name Teguliferina horizon. The name was posthumously changed to Kasimov horizon by Dan'shin in 1947. The name Kasimovian was introduced by Georgy Teodorovich in 1949.
The base of the Kasimovian Stage is at the base of the fusulinid biozone of Obsoletes obsoletes and Protriticites pseudomontiparus or with the first appearance of the ammonite genus Parashumardites. The top of the stage is close to the first appearances of the fusulinid genera Daixina, Jigulites and Rugosofusulina or the first appearance of the conodont Streptognathodus zethus.
Biozones
The Kasimovian is subdivided into three conodont biozones:
- Idiognathodus toretzianus Zone
- Idiognathodus sagittatus Zone
- Streptognathodus excelsus and Streptognathodus makhlinae Zone
References
Literature
- ; 1947: Geology and Mineral Resources of Moscow and its Surroundings, Izdat. Moskov. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Moscow, 308 pp. .
- ; 2006: Global time scale and regional stratigraphic reference scales of Central and West Europe, East Europe, Tethys, South China, and North America as used in the Devonian–Carboniferous–Permian Correlation Chart 2003 (DCP 2003), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 240(1-2): pp 318–372.
References
- "Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point". International Commission of Stratigraphy.
- Sahney, S., Benton, M.J. & Falcon-Lang, H.J.. (2010). "Rainforest collapse triggered Pennsylvanian tetrapod diversification in Euramerica". Geology.
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