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Furongian
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English
Etymology
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Adjective
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en geology Of a geologic epoch within the Cambrian period from about 501 to 488 million years ago; marked by an "explosion" of life.
en May 29, 2026 490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record Sci.News https://web.archive.org/web/20260530025309/https://www.sci.news/paleontology/magnicornaspis-garwoodi-14805.html https://www.sci.news/paleontology/magnicornaspis-garwoodi-14805.html May 30, 2026 A new species of corcoraniid arthropod that lived during the Furongian epoch, between 497 and 487 million years ago, has been identified from an exceptionally preserved specimen found near Québec, Canada.
Proper noun
en geology The Furongian epoch.
Translations
Furongian epoch
Estonian: et furong
Greek: el Φουρόνγκια f
See also
Appendix:Geologic timescale
en terms derived from Mandarin