Callovian ICS Stage
                                  (Dreussian)
 
                       From 164.7 +/- 4 To 161.2 +/- 4 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Ammonite, lowest occurrence of the genus Kepplerites 
     (Kosmoceratidae).  (Defines base of Macrocephalites herveyi Zone in 
     sub-Boreal province of Great Britain to southwest Germany.)
  End Defined By:  Ammonite, Brightia thuouxensis Horizon at base of the 
     Cardioceras scarburgense Subzone (Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone).
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:               Phanerozoic     (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:               Mesozoic        (251 - 65.5)
  Period:            Jurassic        (199.6 - 145.5)
  Epoch:             Middle Jurassic (175.6 - 161.2)
  Chinese Stage:     Shaximioan      (167 - 161.2)
  New Zealand Stage: Temaikan        (169 - 161.2)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  ICS Stage: Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Epoch:         Late Jurassic (161.2 - 145.5)
  ICS Stage:     Oxfordian     (161.2 - 155.7)
  Chinese Stage: Suiningian    (161.2 - 149)
 
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