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Valanginian  

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  • In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous. It spans between -139.8 ± 3.0 Ma and -132.6 ± 2.0 Ma (million years ago). The Valanginian Stage succeeds the Berriasian Stage of the Lower Cretaceous and precedes the Hauterivian Stage of the Lower Cretaceous. It is named after Valangin, a small town north of Neuchâtel in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valanginian)

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