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                              Tithonian ICS Stage
 
                       From 150.8 +/- 4 To 145.5 +/- 4 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Near base of Hybonoticeras hybonotum ammonite zone and 
     lowest occurrence of Gravesia genus, and the base of magnetic polarity 
     chronozone M22An.
  End Defined By:  Maybe near lowest occurrence of ammonite Berriasella jacobi.
 
  Start Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
  End Based On:  Gradstein, Ogg, Smith, _A Geologic Time Scale 2004_
 
 -- Overlaps With --
  Chinese Stage:     Suiningian  (161.2 - 149)
  New Zealand Stage: Ohauan      (152 - 150)
  Regional Stage:    Portlandian (146 - 142)
 
 -- 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)
  Regional Stage: Volgian       (150.8 - 142)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  ICS Stage: Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8)
 
 -- Followed By --
  Period:               Cretaceous       (145.5 - 65.5)
  Epoch:                Early Cretaceous (145.5 - 99.6)
  ICS Stage:            Berriasian       (145.5 - 140.2)
  European Epoch:       Neocomian        (145.5 - 130)
  Japanese Stage:       Kochian          (145.5 - 136.4)
  New Zealand Stage:    Mokoiwian        (145.5 - 119)
  North American Stage: Coahulian        (145.5 - 127)
 
 -- Contains the Following Stages --
  Chinese Stage:     Penglaizhenian (149 - 145.5)
  New Zealand Stage: Puaroan        (150 - 145.5)
 

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