The Bashkirian is in the
ICS geologic timescale
The geologic time scale, or geological time scale, (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the process of relating strata to time) and geochr ...
the lowest
stage or oldest
age of the
Pennsylvanian. The Bashkirian age lasted from to
Ma, is preceded by the
Serpukhovian and is followed by the
Moscovian
Moscovian may refer to:
*An inhabitant of Moscow, the capital of Russia
*Something of, from, or related to Moscow
* Moscovian (Carboniferous), a stage of the Carboniferous in the ICS geologic timescale