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1099:, Vopr. Mikropaleontol
1070:, Ukraine. Scr. Geol.
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1037:www.stratigraphy.org
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969:biostratigraphically
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843:
839:
835:
831:
827:
823:
822:Carboniferous
819:
815:
814:Pennsylvanian
811:
807:
803:
800:
796:
784:
782:
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758:Protriticites
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637:
633:
629:
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621:
618:
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611:
606:
602:
598:
593:
582:
581:, as of 2021.
580:
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546:
541:
536:
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315:
314:Pennsylvanian
304:
303:Mississippian
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282:Carboniferous
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120:
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19:
1780:
1716:Archean Eon
1678:(1.6β2.5 Ga)
1563:(485β539 Ma)
1532:(444β485 Ma)
1496:(419β444 Ma)
1465:(359β419 Ma)
1439:(299β359 Ma)
1408:(252β299 Ma)
1396:(252β539 Ma)
1360:(201β252 Ma)
1329:(145β201 Ma)
1288:Mesozoic Era
1188:Cenozoic Era
1141:
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1096:
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1076:(in Russian)
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906:
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883:
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862:Moscow Basin
851:
842:Desmoinesian
841:
794:
792:
762:
756:
700:
694:
576:
454:
437:Serpukhovian
291:
279:
269:
257:
18:Desmoinesian
1752:Hadean Eon
1530:Ordovician
1301:Cretaceous
1201:Quaternary
1074:, pp 1β115
858:brachiopods
838:Westphalian
752:FAD of the
564:Romer's Gap
545:Romer's Gap
419:Tournaisian
1819:Categories
1754:(4β4.6 Ga)
1718:(2.5β4 Ga)
1647:(1β1.6 Ga)
1253:Paleogene
1019:References
834:Kasimovian
830:Bashkirian
797:is in the
779:Southwest
643:Definition
464:Kasimovian
446:Bashkirian
112:Chronology
1781:See also:
1561:Cambrian
1494:Silurian
1463:Devonian
1358:Triassic
1327:Jurassic
1142:Moscovian
962:Myachkovo
896:fusulinid
881:conodonts
818:subsystem
795:Moscovian
754:Fusulinid
714:Southern
595:Etymology
562:Start of
455:Moscovian
411:Famennian
260:Paleozoic
33:Moscovian
1406:Permian
1227:Neogene
1111:Archived
973:biozones
928:ammonite
844:stages.
692:Conodont
626:Global (
481:Asselian
473:Gzhelian
1121:(2008))
958:Podolsk
954:Kashira
916:biozone
860:in the
820:of the
812:in the
729:Guizhou
690:of the
557:←
543:End of
538:←
520:←
502:←
249:–
239:–
229:–
219:–
209:–
199:–
189:–
179:–
169:–
159:–
149:–
139:–
129:–
1760:
1119:et al.
960:, and
950:Vereya
874:Russia
870:Moscow
721:Nashui
671:Formal
603:Formal
492:
487:
428:VisΓ©an
347:Middle
931:genus
806:stage
733:China
662:Stage
617:Earth
369:Early
336:Early
1093:1986
1064:1999
1014:Zone
1008:Zone
1002:Zone
996:Zone
992:and
986:Zone
982:and
922:and
888:and
793:The
391:Late
358:Late
48:Preκ
1072:119
964:).
918:of
864:of
810:age
808:or
799:ICS
781:USA
699:or
688:FAD
652:Age
628:ICS
579:ICS
380:Mid
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1772:Ma
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402:CS
325:LD
98:Pg
42:Ma
1172:e
1165:t
1158:v
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1078:.
1058:*
630:)
293:P
271:D
103:N
93:K
88:J
83:T
78:P
73:C
68:D
63:S
58:O
53:κ
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