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The Gzhelian Age is the last of four ages in the Pennsylvanian Epoch of the Carboniferous period. It lasted from approximately 303.9±0.9 to 299.0±0.8 million years ago. It was preceded by the Kasimovian age and followed by the Asselian age of the Cisuralian epoch. This age is named after the town of Gzhel in Russia A geologic age is a time period on the geologic timescale delimited by major geologic or paleontologic events. ... The Pennsylvanian is an epoch of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly 325 Ma to 299 Ma (million years ago). ... A division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age. ... The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... In geology, a period or age is a time span of many millions of years that are assumed to have had similar characteristics. ... In the geologic timescale, the Asselian is the age of the Cisuralian epoch of the Permian period of the Paleozoic era of the Fanerozoic eon that is comprehended between 299 million and 294 million 600 thousand years ago, approximatedly. ... Cisuralian is the first of the three epoches of the Permian. ... Gzhel (Russian: Гжель) is: a village in Moscow Oblast, Russia a particular style of blue-white ceramics, originating in the town of the same name. ...

Categories: Geology stubs | Carboniferous The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... This article is about the geologic period; for the North American culture, see Mississippian culture. ... The Pennsylvanian is an epoch of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly 325 Ma to 299 Ma (million years ago). ... The Early Mississippian (also known as the Lower Mississippian) is the first of three subepochs of the Mississippian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Middle Mississippian is the second of three subepochs of the Mississippian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Late Mississippian (also known as the Upper Mississippian) is the third and final of three subepochs of the Mississippian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Early Pennsylvanian (also known as the Lower Pennsylvanian) is the first of three subepochs of the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Middle Pennsylvanian is the second of three subepochs of the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Late Pennsylvanian (also known as the Upper Pennsylvanian) is the third and final of three subepochs of the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ... The Tournasian Age is one of the three ages in the Mississippian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. ... The VisÃ©an Age is the middle of three ages in the Mississippian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. ... The Serpukhovian Age is the last of three ages in the Mississippian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Moscovian is an epoch of the Pennsylvanian Time Period. ...