Duchesnean age

39.7 - 37 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale North American Land Mammal Ages is taken from the following source:

  • A. D. Barnosky, M. Holmes, R. Kirchholtes, E. Lindsey, K.C. Maguire, A.W. Poust, M.A. Stegner, J. Sunseri, B. Swartz, J. Swift, N.A. Villavicencio and G. Wogan. 2014. Prelude to the Anthropocene: Two new North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMAs). The Anthropocene Review I(3):225-242 view

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This interval is used in the definition of 108 collections

A total of 1664 collections with 20527 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic TimescaleNorth American Land Mammal AgesSouth American Land Mammal Ages
18.5
20.9
PaleogeneOligoceneChattianArikareeanDeseadan23.03 *
Rupelian27.82
Tinguirirican28.9 *
Whitneyan29.5
Orellan31.8
EocenePriabonianChadronian33.9
Divisaderan35.9 *
Duchesnean37
Bartonian37.71
Uintan39.7
Lutetian41.2
Mustersan41.9 *
Bridgerian46.2
Ypresian47.8
Casamayoran47.9 *
Wasatchian50.5
Clarkforkian54.9
PaleoceneThanetianRiochican56
Tiffanian56.2
Itaboraian56.9 *
Peligran58.9 *
Selandian59.2
Torrejonian60.9
Danian61.6
Tiupampan62.4 *
Puercan63.8
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