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                              Late Cambrian Epoch
          (Upper Cambrian, Merioneth, Furongian, Croixian, Potsdamian)
 
                       From 501 +/- 2 To 488.3 +/- 1.7 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Trilobite, lowest occurrence of agnostoid Glyptagnostus 
     reticulatus.  Coincides with base of large positive carbon-isotope 
     excursion.
  End Defined By:  Conodont, lowest occurrence of Iapetognathus fluctivagus; 
     just above base of Cordylodus lindstromi conodont Zone.  Just below lowest 
     occurrence of planktonic graptolites.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  North American Stage: Marjuman (504 - 494.5)
  North American Stage: Ibexian  (491 - 471.8)
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:    Phanerozoic (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:    Paleozoic   (542 - 251)
  Period: Cambrian    (542 - 488.3)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Epoch:                   Middle Cambrian (513 - 501)
  Australian Stage:        Boomerangian    (504 - 501)
  Chinese Stage:           Zhungxian       (505 - 501)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Mayan           (502 - 501)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Period:           Ordovician       (488.3 - 443.7)
  Epoch:            Early Ordovician (488.3 - 471.8)
  ICS Stage:        Tremadocian      (488.3 - 478.6)
  Australian Stage: Datsonian        (488.3 - 485)
  European Stage:   Cressagian       (488.3 - 486)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  ICS Stage:               Paibian      (501 - 496)
  Australian Stage:        Payntonian   (491 - 488.3)
  Australian Stage:        Mindyallan   (501 - 497)
  Australian Stage:        Idamean      (497 - 494)
  North American Stage:    Steptoan     (494.5 - 493)
  North American Stage:    Sunwaptan    (493 - 491)
  Regional Stage:          Maentwrogian (501 - 496.8)
  Regional Stage:          Festiniogian (496.8 - 492.5)
  Regional Stage:          Dolgellian   (492.5 - 488.3)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Ayusokkanian (501 - 494.5)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Sakian       (494.5 - 493)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Aksayan      (493 - 491.5)
  Russian-Kazakhian Stage: Batyrbayan   (491.5 - 488.3)
 

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