Shaximioan Chinese Stage
 
                           From 167 To 161.2 +/- 4 Ma
 
  End Defined By:  Ammonite, Brightia thuouxensis Horizon at base of the 
     Cardioceras scarburgense Subzone (Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone).
 
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  ICS Stage: Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7)
 
 -- 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)
  New Zealand Stage: Temaikan        (169 - 161.2)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Chinese Stage: Xintiangouan (175.6 - 167)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Epoch:         Late Jurassic (161.2 - 145.5)
  ICS Stage:     Oxfordian     (161.2 - 155.7)
  Chinese Stage: Suiningian    (161.2 - 149)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  ICS Stage: Callovian (164.7 - 161.2)
 
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