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                              Early Cambrian Epoch
                 (Lower Cambrian, Caerfai, Waucoban, Georgian)
 
                        From 542 +/- 0.3 To 513 +/- 2 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Trace fossil, lowest occurrence of Treptichnus (Phycodes) 
     pedum.  Near base of negative carbon-isotope excursion.
 
  Start Based On:  Amthor et. al., "Extinction of Cloudinia and Namacalathus at 
     the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman", _Geology_, v. 31, p. 431-434, 
     2003.
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
  Global Stratotype Section and Point:  Chapel Island Formation, Fortune Head, 
     Burin Peninsula, southeast Newfoundland, Canada
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  Australian Stage:     Ordian (520 - 510)
  North American Stage: Dyeran (524.5 - 512)
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:    Phanerozoic (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:    Paleozoic   (542 - 251)
  Period: Cambrian    (542 - 488.3)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Time:                 Precambrian    (4567.17 - 542)
  Eon:                  Proterozoic    (2500 - 542)
  Era:                  Neoproterozoic (1000 - 542)
  Period:               Ediacaran      (630 - 542)
  Australian Stage:     Adelaidean     (1300 - 542)
  Chinese Stage:        Sinian         (800 - 542)
  General Stage:        Vendian        (650 - 542)
  General Stage:        Poundian       (570 - 542)
  North American Stage: Hadrynian      (850 - 542)
  South African Stage:  Namibian       (900 - 542)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Epoch:                   Middle Cambrian (513 - 501)
  Chinese Stage:           Maozhangian     (513 - 509)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Amgan           (513 - 502)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  Chinese Stage:           Meishuchuan       (542 - 532)
  Chinese Stage:           Qungzusian        (532 - 523)
  Chinese Stage:           Changlangpuan     (523 - 518)
  Chinese Stage:           Longwangmioan     (518 - 513)
  North American Stage:    Montezuman        (529.5 - 524.5)
  Regional Stage:          Lenian            (524 - 513)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Nemakit-Daldynian (542 - 534)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Tommotian         (534 - 530)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Atdabanian        (530 - 524)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Botomian          (524 - 518.5)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Toyonian          (518.5 - 513)
 

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