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                                Phanerozoic Eon
 
                   From 542 +/- 0.3 To -5.5012e-005 +/- 0 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Trace fossil, lowest occurrence of Treptichnus (Phycodes) 
     pedum.  Near base of negative carbon-isotope excursion.
  End Defined By:  Today (in Myr before 1950)
 
  Start Based On:  Amthor et. al., "Extinction of Cloudinia and Namacalathus at 
     the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary in Oman", _Geology_, v. 31, p. 431-434, 
     2003.
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Time:                 Precambrian    (4567.17 - 542)
  Eon:                  Proterozoic    (2500 - 542)
  Era:                  Neoproterozoic (1000 - 542)
  Period:               Ediacaran      (630 - 542)
  Australian Stage:     Adelaidean     (1300 - 542)
  Chinese Stage:        Sinian         (800 - 542)
  General Stage:        Vendian        (650 - 542)
  General Stage:        Poundian       (570 - 542)
  North American Stage: Hadrynian      (850 - 542)
  South African Stage:  Namibian       (900 - 542)
 
 -- Contains the Following Eras --
  Era: Paleozoic (542 - 251)
  Era: Mesozoic  (251 - 65.5)
  Era: Cenozoic  (65.5 - -5.5012e-005)
 

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