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                                Emsian ICS Stage
                      (Sawkillian, Deer Parkian, Sipaian)
 
                      From 407 +/- 2.8 To 397.5 +/- 2.7 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Conodont, lowest occurrence of Polygnathus kitabicus (= 
     Po. dehiscens).
  End Defined By:  Conodont, lowest occurrence of Polygnathus costatus 
     partitus; major faunal turnover.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
  Global Stratotype Section and Point:  Zinzil'ban Gorge, SE of Samarkand, 
     Uzbekistan
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:                  Phanerozoic    (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:                  Paleozoic      (542 - 251)
  Period:               Devonian       (416 - 359.2)
  Epoch:                Early Devonian (416 - 397.5)
  North American Stage: Ulsterian      (416 - 391.8)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  ICS Stage:     Praghian  (411.2 - 407)
  Chinese Stage: Yujianian (410 - 407)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Epoch:         Middle Devonian (397.5 - 385.3)
  ICS Stage:     Eifelian        (397.5 - 391.8)
  Chinese Stage: Yingtangian     (397.5 - 391.4)
 

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