The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between 33...
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of a broader trend of global cooling lasting from the Bartonian to the Rupelian. The transition is marked by the Oi1 event, an oxygen isotope excursion...
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fossil leafy shots of †Cryptomeria yunnanensis have been described from Rupelian stage strata of the Lühe Basin in Yunnan, China. From the Neogene, Cryptomeria...
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Oligocene−Rupelian vertebrate record in North America. White River Formation prehistoric fauna Chadronian — Priabonian, Rupelian Orellan — Rupelian DonaldProthero...
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Hummingbird (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
years ago. The oldest known fossil hummingbird is Eurotrochilus, from the Rupelian Stage of Early Oligocene Europe. Hummingbirds are the smallest known and...
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extinct. First neocetes (modern, fully aquatic whales) appear. 27.82 * Rupelian 33.9 * Eocene Priabonian Moderate, cooling climate. Archaic mammals (e...
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spans the time between 27.82 and 23.03 Ma. The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage of the Miocene). The...
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and lasted from 33.9 Ma to 23.03 Ma. It is divided into two stages: the Rupelian 33.9 Ma to 27.82 Ma; and, Chattian 27.82 - 23.03 Ma. The GSSP for the base...
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extinct species of sleeper shark that lived during the Oligocene epoch Rupelian to Chattian stages. The species was described from teeth fossils found...
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Bolca, Eocene Italy) Genus Oligolactoria Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler 1980 (Rupelian of Moravia, Oligocene Czech Republic) There are about 25 recognized extant...
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