Shaodongian Chinese Stage
 
                         From 359.2 +/- 2.5 To 349.5 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Conodont, above lowest occurrence of Siphonodella sulcata.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:                  Phanerozoic         (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:                  Paleozoic           (542 - 251)
  Period:               Carboniferous       (359.2 - 299)
  Epoch:                Mississippian       (359.2 - 318.1)
  Sub-Epoch:            Early Mississippian (359.2 - 345.3)
  ICS Stage:            Tournaisian         (359.2 - 345.3)
  European Epoch:       Dinantian           (359.2 - 326.4)
  North American Stage: Kinderhookian       (359.2 - 348)
  Regional Stage:       Hastarian           (359.2 - 348)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Period:               Devonian      (416 - 359.2)
  Epoch:                Late Devonian (385.3 - 359.2)
  ICS Stage:            Famennian     (374.5 - 359.2)
  North American Stage: Chatauquan    (370 - 359.2)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Chinese Stage: Yanguan (349.5 - 345)
 

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