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                              Sinemurian ICS Stage
 
                      From 196.5 +/- 1 To 189.6 +/- 1.5 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Ammonite, lowest occurrence of arietitid genera Vermiceras 
     and Metophioceras.
  End Defined By:  Ammonite, lowest occurrences of Bifericeras donovani and of 
     genera Apoderoceras and Gleviceras.
 
  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:  East Quantoxead, Watchet, West Somerset,
      SW England, UK
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon:               Phanerozoic    (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era:               Mesozoic       (251 - 65.5)
  Period:            Jurassic       (199.6 - 145.5)
  Epoch:             Early Jurassic (199.6 - 175.6)
  New Zealand Stage: Aratauran      (199.6 - 188)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  ICS Stage: Hettangian (199.6 - 196.5)
 
 -- Followed By --
  ICS Stage: Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  Regional Stage: Lotharingian (193.3 - 189.6)
 

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