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Where is the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Paleocene-Eocene boundary?
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Tertiary Period
Gypsum cones, which resulted from the evaporation of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, in the Sorbas basin, Spain.
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Paleocene-Eocene boundary is located near Luxor, Egypt. This boundary, which marks a significant transition in geologic time, has an estimated age of approximately 56 million years.1