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Close ✕Meishan GSSP, Changxing, Zhejiang
A quarried limestone section in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, that holds the golden spike defining the base of the Triassic and therefore the top of the Permian — the boundary at the…
31.1, 119.7 · approximate · boundary 251.902 ± 0.024 Ma; GSSP ratified 2001
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- instance of Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point — The Meishan section holds the ratified golden spike defining the base of the Triassic.
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