In the geologic timescale, the Přídolí Epoch (Czech pronunciation:[ˈpr̝̊iːdoliː]) is the uppermost subdivision of the
Silurian Period, dated at between 423 ± 2.3 and 419.2 ± 3.2 mya (million years ago). The Přídolí Epoch succeeds the
Ludfordian Stage and precedes the
Lochkovian, the lowest of three stages within the
Lower Devoniangeological epoch. It is named after one locality at the Homolka a Přídolínature reserve near the
Prague suburb,
Slivenec, in the
Czech Republic.[7] The GSSP is located within the Požáry Formation, overlying the Kopanina Formation. Přídolí is the old name of a
cadastral field area.[8]
The Šilalė Event, a negative carbon isotope excursion corresponding to an extinction event of conodonts, occurred during the early Pridoli.[9]
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^"Chart/Time Scale". www.stratigraphy.org. International Commission on Stratigraphy.