After International Comission on Stratigraphy, 2004

Older timetable

Period

Epoch

Age

ended:

becan:

C
A
R
B
O
N
I
F
E
R
O
U
S

Pennsylvanian
[Late Carboniferous]

Gzhelian
[Late Late Pennsylvanian]

299.0 ± 0.8 Ma 303.9 ± 0.9 Ma

Kasimovian
[Early Late Pennsylvanian]

303.9 ± 0.9 Ma 306.5 ± 1.0 Ma

Moscovian
[Middle Pennsylvanian]

306.5 ± 1.0 Ma 311.7 ± 1.1 Ma

Bashkirian
[Early Pennsylvanian]

311.7 ± 1.1 Ma 318.1 ± 1.3 Ma

Mississippian
[Early Carboniferous]

Serpukhovian
[Late Mississippian]

318.1 ± 1.3 Ma 326.4 ± 1.6 Ma

Visean
[Middle Mississippian]

326.4 ± 1.6 Ma 345.3 ± 2.1 Ma

Tournaisian
[Early Mississippian]

345.3 ± 2.1 Ma 359.2 ± 2.5 Ma

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