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Paibian Stage, first of three internationally defined stages of the Furongian Series, encompassing all rocks deposited during the Paibian Age (approximately 497 million to 494 million years ago) of the Cambrian Period. The name of this interval is derived from the village of Paibi, Huayan county, Hunan, China. In 2006 the International Commission on Stratigraphy established the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) defining the base of this unit in Huaqiao Formation in the Wuling Mountains of Hunan, China. The GSSP marks the first appearance of the trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus in the fossil record. The Paibian Stage underlies Stage 9 ...(100 of 112 words)

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