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                                  Mesozoic Era
                                  (Secondary)
 
                      From 251 +/- 0.4 To 65.5 +/- 0.3 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Conodont, lowest occurrence of Hindeodus parvus; 
     termination of major negative carbon-isotope excursion.  About 1 myr after 
     peak of Late Permian extinctions.
  End Defined By:  Iridium Anomaly.  Associated with a major extinction horizon 
     (foraminifers, calcareous nannofossils, dinosaurs, etc.)
 
  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)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Era:                  Paleozoic     (542 - 251)
  Period:               Permian       (299 - 251)
  Epoch:                Late Permian  (260.4 - 251)
  ICS Stage:            Changhsingian (253.8 - 251)
  New Zealand Stage:    Makabewan     (253.8 - 251)
  North American Stage: Ochoan        (260.4 - 251)
  Regional Stage:       Thuringian    (270.6 - 251)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Era:                  Cenozoic        (65.5 - -5.5012e-005)
  Period:               Paleogene       (65.5 - 23.03)
  Epoch:                Paleocene       (65.5 - 55.8)
  Sub-Epoch:            Early Paleocene (65.5 - 61.7)
  ICS Stage:            Danian          (65.5 - 61.7)
  Informal Sub-era:     Tertiary        (65.5 - 1.806)
  New Zealand Stage:    Teurian         (65.5 - 56.5)
  North American Stage: Puercan         (65.5 - 62.5)
 
 -- Contains the Following Periods --
  Period: Triassic   (251 - 199.6)
  Period: Jurassic   (199.6 - 145.5)
  Period: Cretaceous (145.5 - 65.5)
 

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