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Uintan  

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  • The Uintan is a continental Middle Eocene mammalian stage in North American Stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 46,200,000 to 42,000,000 years BP lasting 4.2 million years ; from the Uinta Mountains, Utah. It is preceded by the Bridgerian and followed by the Duchesnean NALMA stages. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uintan and Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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