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Also known as Eifelian Stage, Eifelian Age

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.

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Eifelian
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Eifelian
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393.47
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty
0.99
Geologic timespan.time_end
387.95
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty
1.04
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Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 390 Ma (Eifelian Age).png
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Paleogeography of the Eifelian, 390 Ma
Geologic timespan.timeline
Devonian
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Formal
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earth
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Global (ICS)
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ICS Time Scale
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Age
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Stage
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Formal
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FAD of the conodont Polygnathus costatus partitus
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Wetteldorf Richtschnitt section, Wetteldorf, Eifel, Germany

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F5D386
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387700000-
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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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