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                              Bashkirian ICS Stage
                                   (Morrowan)
 
                     From 318.1 +/- 1.3 To 311.7 +/- 1.1 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Conodont, lowest occurrence of Declinognathodus 
     nodiliferus s.l.
  End Defined By:  Near lowest occurrences of Declinognathodus donetzianus and/
     or Idiognathoides postsulcatus conodont species, and fusulinid species 
     Aljutovella aljutovica.
 
  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:  Battleship Wash Formation, Arrow Canyon,
      southern Nevada, USA
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  Chinese Stage:  Dalanian    (313 - 310)
  European Stage: Namurian    (326.4 - 315)
  European Stage: Westphalian (315 - 306.5)
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:            Phanerozoic         (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:            Paleozoic           (542 - 251)
  Period:         Carboniferous       (359.2 - 299)
  Epoch:          Pennsylvanian       (318.1 - 299)
  Sub-Epoch:      Early Pennsylvanian (318.1 - 311.7)
  European Epoch: Silesian            (326.4 - 299)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Epoch:                Mississippian      (359.2 - 318.1)
  Sub-Epoch:            Late Mississippian (326.4 - 318.1)
  ICS Stage:            Serpukhovian       (326.4 - 318.1)
  Chinese Stage:        Dewuan             (333 - 318.1)
  North American Stage: Chesterian         (333 - 318.1)
  Regional Stage:       Alportian          (324.5 - 318.1)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Sub-Epoch:            Middle Pennsylvanian (311.7 - 306.5)
  ICS Stage:            Moscovian            (311.7 - 306.5)
  North American Stage: Atokan/Derryan       (311.7 - 308)
  Russian Stage:        Vereiskian           (311.7 - 309.2)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  Chinese Stage:  Huashibanian    (318.1 - 313)
  Regional Stage: Kinderscoutian  (318.1 - 317)
  Regional Stage: Marsdenian      (317 - 315.5)
  Regional Stage: Yeadonian       (315.5 - 314.5)
  Russian Stage:  Cheremshanskian (314.5 - 313.4)
  Russian Stage:  Melekesskian    (313.4 - 311.7)
 

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