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Danian , Danian
1. The earlier of two ages in the Palaeocene Epoch, preceded by the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous), followed by the Thanetian, and dated at 6… Visean , Visean
1. An epoch in the Mississippian, comprising the Chadian, Arundian, Holkerian, Asbian, and Brigantian Ages (these are also stage names in west… Leonardian , Leonardian A series in the Lower Permian of N. America, underlain by the Wolfcampian, overlain by the Guadalupian, and roughly contemporaneous with t… Burdigalian , Burdigalian
1. An age in the Early Miocene, preceded by the Aquitanian and followed by the Langhian.
2. The name of the corresponding European stage,… Messinian , Messinian
1. The final age in the Miocene Epoch, preceded by the Tortonian, followed by the Zanclian (Tabianian), and with its upper boundary dated a… Mammutidae , Mammutidae (Mastodontidae; order Proboscidea, suborder Mammutoidea) An extinct, monospecific family (Mammut or Mastodon) of mastodons, comprising ele…
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