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                              Oxfordian ICS Stage
 
                       From 161.2 +/- 4 To 155.7 +/- 4 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Ammonite, Brightia thuouxensis Horizon at base of the 
     Cardioceras scarburgense Subzone (Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone).
  End Defined By:  Ammonite, near base of Pictonia baylei ammonite zone of 
     Boreal realm.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  New Zealand Stage: Heterian (156 - 152)
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:           Phanerozoic   (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:           Mesozoic      (251 - 65.5)
  Period:        Jurassic      (199.6 - 145.5)
  Epoch:         Late Jurassic (161.2 - 145.5)
  Chinese Stage: Suiningian    (161.2 - 149)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Epoch:             Middle Jurassic (175.6 - 161.2)
  ICS Stage:         Callovian       (164.7 - 161.2)
  Chinese Stage:     Shaximioan      (167 - 161.2)
  New Zealand Stage: Temaikan        (169 - 161.2)
 
 -- Followed By --
  ICS Stage: Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8)
 

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