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<p>In the <a href="/facts/Geologic_timescale/vBAm0D8Q">geologic timescale</a>, the Wordian is an <a href="/facts/Age_(geology)/qFToW7mN">age</a> or <a href="/facts/Stage_(stratigraphy)/6HActMK7">stage</a> of the <a href="/facts/Permian/CYgLgu5u">Permian</a>. It is the middle of three subdivisions of the <a href="/facts/Guadalupian/rsksJLtV">Guadalupian</a> <a href="/facts/Epoch_(geology)/RhfBWrP2">Epoch</a> or <a href="/facts/Series_(stratigraphy)/KgmTDDy5">Series</a>. The Wordian lasted between 266.9 and 264.28 <a href="/facts/Megaannum/51V242hh">million years ago (Ma)</a>. It was preceded by the <a href="/facts/Roadian/I7mnAez4">Roadian</a> and followed by the <a href="/facts/Capitanian/6rVQpoEG">Capitanian</a>. </p>