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Ypresian

first stage and age of the Eocene series and epoch

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Details

Instance of: stage, age
Start time: 56000000 BCE
End time: 47800000 BCE
Part of: Eocene, ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale
Follows: Thanetian
Followed by: Lutetian
described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
named after: Ypres
named by: André Dumont
significant event: Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Eocene Thermal Maximum 2
sRGB color hex triplet: FEAE7D
topic's main category: Category:Ypresian
type locality (geology): GSSP for the base of the Ypresian

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