Atdabanian Stage

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Atdabanian Stage

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Cambrian Period
Correlation of Cambrian strata
…all but rocks below the Atdabanian Stage or those of equivalent age. Until the mid-1900s, almost all trilobite zones were based on members of the order Polymerida. Such trilobites usually have more than five segments in the thorax, and the order includes about 95 percent of all trilobite species. Most…
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…all but rocks below the Atdabanian Stage or those of equivalent age. Until the mid-1900s, almost all trilobite zones were based on members of the order Polymerida. Such trilobites usually have more than five segments in the thorax, and the order includes about 95 percent of all trilobite species. Most…
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