🌾 Paibi

People's Republic of China · Asia · 28.38°N, 109.53°E

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Paibi, a village in Paibi Township, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Hunan, China, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the third and Furongian epochs of the Cambrian Period on the geologic time scale. Paibi was selected over the Kyrshabakty River section, Malyi Karatau, Kazakhstan, and the GSSP was ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in late 2003. It established the first formally agreed upon subdivision of the Cambrian. The village gives its name to the Paibian Age in the Cambrian Period.

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CountryPeople's Republic of China
Continent / regionAsia
Coordinates (approx.)28.38°N, 109.53°E · view on map

Paibi is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

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