Pennsylvanian

Summary

Pennsylvanian is a subperiod^[1]. Pennsylvanian draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (subperiod category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pennsylvanian's instance of is recorded as subperiod^[3].
• Pennsylvanian's instance of is recorded as subsystem^[4].
• Pennsylvania is named after Pennsylvanian^[5].
• Pennsylvanian followed Mississippian^[6].
• Pennsylvanian is part of Carboniferous^[7].
• Pennsylvanian is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[8].
• Pennsylvanian's Commons category is recorded as Pennsylvanian Subperiod^[9].
• Pennsylvanian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 7EBCC6^[10].
• Pennsylvanian comprises Early Pennsylvanian^[11].
• Pennsylvanian comprises Middle Pennsylvanian^[12].
• Pennsylvanian comprises Late Pennsylvanian^[13].
• Pennsylvanian began on -323200000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Pennsylvanian ended on -298900000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Pennsylvanian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pennsylvanian (geology)^[16].
• Pennsylvanian's partially coincident with is recorded as Silesian^[17].
• Pennsylvanian's named by is recorded as Henry Shaler Williams^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include subperiod^[3] and subsystem^[4].

Origins

Pennsylvania is named after Pennsylvanian^[5].

Use and Application

Components include Early Pennsylvanian^[11], an epoch^[19]; Middle Pennsylvanian^[12], an epoch^[20]; and Late Pennsylvanian^[13], an epoch^[21]. Part of include Carboniferous^[7], a period^[22] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[8].

Why It Matters

Pennsylvanian draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (subperiod category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] Pennsylvanian has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Pennsylvanian is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]