Silesian (series)
| System | Series (NW Europe) |
Stage (NW Europe) |
Sub-system (ICS) |
Stage (ICS) |
Age (Ma) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permian | younger | ||||
| Carboniferous | Silesian | Stephanian | Pennsylvanian | Gzhelian | 298.9–303.7 |
| Kasimovian | 303.7–307.0 | ||||
| Westphalian | Moscovian | 307.0–315.2 | |||
| Bashkirian | 315.2–323.4 | ||||
| Namurian | |||||
| Mississippian | Serpukhovian | 323.4–330.3 | |||
| Dinantian | Visean | Visean | 330.3–346.7 | ||
| Tournaisian | Tournaisian | 346.7–358.9 | |||
| Devonian | older | ||||
| Subdivisions of the Carboniferous system in Europe compared with the official ICS-stages (as of 2024) | |||||
The Silesian is a subdivision (a series or epoch) of the Carboniferous system or period in the geologic timescale of western and central Europe. It was named for Silesia, a region that stretches over the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.