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                                Jurassic Period
 
                      From 199.6 +/- 0.6 To 145.5 +/- 4 Ma
 
  Start Defined By:  Near lowest occurrence of smooth Psiloceras planorbis 
     ammonite group.
  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 --
  Regional Stage: Volgian     (150.8 - 142)
  Regional Stage: Portlandian (146 - 142)
 
 -- A Substage of --
  Eon: Phanerozoic (542 - -5.5012e-005)
  Era: Mesozoic    (251 - 65.5)
 
 -- Preceeded By --
  Period:            Triassic      (251 - 199.6)
  Epoch:             Late Triassic (228 - 199.6)
  ICS Stage:         Rhaetian      (203.6 - 199.6)
  Chinese Stage:     Erqiaoan      (209 - 199.6)
  New Zealand Stage: Otapirian     (203 - 199.6)
 
 -- 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 Epochs --
  Epoch: Early Jurassic  (199.6 - 175.6)
  Epoch: Middle Jurassic (175.6 - 161.2)
  Epoch: Late Jurassic   (161.2 - 145.5)
 

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