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Huanghuachang section is located in China
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Map of China showing the GSSP location.

Huanghuachang (Chinese: 黄花场村; pinyin: Huanghuachang cun) is a village in Huanghua, Yiling, Yichang, Hubei, China.

An outcrop of sedimentary rock from the Ordovician has made Huanghuachang famous in the earth science community. The "Huanghuachang section" (30°51′38″N 110°22′26″E / 30.8605°N 110.3740°E / 30.8605; 110.3740) is an outcrop of the Dawan Formation in which the official base of the Dapingian stage is defined. (Daping is a settlement near to Huanghuachang).[1]

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  1. ^ "GSSP for Dapingian Stage". Archived from the original on 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
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