Eifelian
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The Eifelian is the first of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 393.47 ± 0.99 million years ago to 387.95 ± 1.04 million years ago. It was preceded by the Emsian Stage and followed by the Givetian Stage.
Key facts
- Geologic timespan.name
- Eifelian
- Geologic timespan.color
- Eifelian
- Geologic timespan.time_start
- 393.47
- Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
- 0.99
- Geologic timespan.time_end
- 387.95
- Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
- 1.04
- Geologic timespan.image_map
- Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 390 Ma (Eifelian Age).png
- Geologic timespan.caption_map
- Paleogeography of the Eifelian, 390 Ma
- Geologic timespan.timeline
- Devonian
- Geologic timespan.name_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.celestial_body
- earth
- Geologic timespan.usage
- Global (ICS)
- Geologic timespan.timescales_used
- ICS Time Scale
- Geologic timespan.chrono_unit
- Age
- Geologic timespan.strat_unit
- Stage
- Geologic timespan.timespan_formality
- Formal
- Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def
- FAD of the conodont Polygnathus costatus partitus
- Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location
- Wetteldorf Richtschnitt section, Wetteldorf, Eifel, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name and definition
- Major events
- Extinctions
- References
The Eifelian is the first of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 393.47 ± 0.99 million years ago to 387.95 ± 1.04 million years ago. It was preceded by the Emsian Stage and followed by the Givetian Stage.
North American subdivisions of the Eifelian Stage include Southwood, and part of Cazenovia (or Cazenovian).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eifelian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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