Canglangpuian

Subdivision of the Cambrian Period

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Ediacaran

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Orsten Fauna

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Dresbachian extinction

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Burgess Shale

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Kaili biota

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Archaeocyatha extinction

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Emu Bay Shale

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Sirius Passet biota

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Chengjiang biota

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First Trilobites

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SSF diversification, first brachiopods & archaeocyatha

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First halkieriids, mollusсs, hyoliths SSF

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Baykonurian glaciation

Major glacial period

Subdivision of the Cambrian according to the ICS, as of 2024.
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

The Canglangpuian age is a Chinese regional subdivision of the Cambrian, corresponding approximately to Cambrian Stage 4.

References

↑ "International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. December 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
↑ Rozanov, A. Y.; Zhu, M.; Pak, K. L.; Parkhaev, P. Y. (2008). "The 2nd Sino-Russian Symposium on the Lower Cambrian Subdivision". Paleontological Journal. 42 (4): 441. doi:10.1134/S0031030108040151.

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[ICS_2024/12-1] "International Chronostratigraphic Chart" (PDF). International Commission on Stratigraphy. December 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2025.

[Rozanov2008-2] Rozanov, A. Y.; Zhu, M.; Pak, K. L.; Parkhaev, P. Y. (2008). "The 2nd Sino-Russian Symposium on the Lower Cambrian Subdivision". Paleontological Journal. 42 (4): 441. doi:10.1134/S0031030108040151.