Barremian

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Barremian
1. An Early Cretaceous age, preceded by the Neocomian Epoch (but see NEOCOMIAN), followed by the Aptian Age, and dated at 131.8–124.5 Ma ( Harland et al., 1989).

2. The name of the corresponding European stage, for which the stratotype is at Angles, France.

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