462 462 Articles by Shanchi Peng1, 2, Loren E. Babcock3, Jingxun Zuo1, 4, Xuejian Zhu1, Huanling Lin1, Xianfeng Yang5, Yuping Qi1, Gabriella Bagnoli6, and Longwu Wang7 Global Standard Stratotype-Section and Point (GSSP) for the Base of the Jiangshanian Stage (Cambrian: Furongian) at Duibian, Jiangshan, Zhejiang, Southeast China 1 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China. E-mail:
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[email protected] The International Commission on Stratigraphy and in Laurentia, and the Parabolina brevispina Zone in the IUGS Executive Committee have recently approved Baltica. a Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) defining the base of the second stage of the Furongian Introduction Series, Cambrian System. This stage is named the The purpose of this paper is to announce ratification of the Jiangshanian Stage, after Jiangshan City, western Jiangshanian GSSP, the base of which coincides with the FAD of the Zhejiang Province, China, where the GSSP is located.