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                          Griesbachian Regional Stage
                            (Ellesmerian, Gangetian)
 
                          From 251 +/- 0.4 To 250.4 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.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:       Phanerozoic    (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:       Mesozoic       (251 - 65.5)
  Period:    Triassic       (251 - 199.6)
  Epoch:     Early Triassic (251 - 245)
  ICS Stage: Induan         (251 - 249.7)
 
 -- 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 --
  Regional Stage: Dienerian (250.4 - 249.7)
 

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