• The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between 33...
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    of a broader trend of global cooling lasting from the Bartonian to the Rupelian. The transition is marked by the Oi1 event, an oxygen isotope excursion...
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    extinct. First neocetes (modern, fully aquatic whales) appear. 27.82 * Rupelian 33.9 * Eocene Priabonian Moderate, cooling climate. Archaic mammals (e...
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    fossil leafy shots of †Cryptomeria yunnanensis have been described from Rupelian stage strata of the Lühe Basin in Yunnan, China. From the Neogene, Cryptomeria...
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    Oligocene−Rupelian vertebrate record in North America. White River Formation prehistoric fauna Chadronian — Priabonian, Rupelian Orellan — Rupelian DonaldProthero...
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    of Bathynomus are known extending back to at least the Early Oligocene (Rupelian) of Italy, with other fossils being known from Japan and Spain. Lowry,...
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  • spans the time between 27.82 and 23.03 Ma. The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage of the Miocene). The...
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    Hummingbird (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    years ago. The oldest known fossil hummingbird is Eurotrochilus, from the Rupelian Stage of Early Oligocene Europe. Hummingbirds are the smallest known and...
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    Rupel (category Rupelian)
    The Rupel is navigable, and forms part of the waterway to Brussels. The Rupelian Age of the Oligocene Epoch in the geological time scale is named after...
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    Stork (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes...
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    Cicimurri, J. L. Knight, J. A. Ebersole (March 2022). "Early Oligocene (Rupelian) fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Ashley Formation (Cooper...
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    Miocene Danian Selandian Thanetian Ypresian Lutetian Bartonian Priabonian Rupelian Chattian         Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as...
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    and lasted from 33.9 Ma to 23.03 Ma. It is divided into two stages: the Rupelian 33.9 Ma to 27.82 Ma; and, Chattian 27.82 - 23.03 Ma. The GSSP for the base...
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    Flying squirrel (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae. Despite their name...
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  • Ma. The Priabonian is preceded by the Bartonian and is followed by the Rupelian, the lowest stage of the Oligocene. Priabona, an extinct dipteran of Pipunculidae...
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  • Africtis (category Rupelian genera)
    is an extinct genus of carnivoramorph that inhabited Libya during the Rupelian. It is a monotypic genus that contains a single species, Africtis sirtensis...
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    Formation of Colorado, while the last occurrences are in the Early Oligocene, Rupelian of the Bridge Creek Flora in the upper John Day Formation. Concurrently...
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    and sp. nov., a new skeleton-based Carangid Fish from the Boom Clay (Rupelian, Early Oligocene) at Kallo (N. Belgium)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal...
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    Entelodon (category Rupelian genus extinctions)
    Paleogene strata ranging in age from the Houldjinian (37.2–33.9 mya) until the Rupelian epoch of the early Oligocene (33.9–28.4 mya). It is one of four entelodont...
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    Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 Oligolactoria bubiki Tyler & Gregorova, 1991 (Rupelian of Moravia, Oligocene Czech Republic) There are about 25 recognized extant...
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    Sloth (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial...
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  • Tarab Formation (category Rupelian Stage)
    western Libya. The lacustrine limestones preserve fossils dating back to the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene period. The formation has provided the following...
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    the oldest fossils of the genus being seeds from the Early Oligocene (Rupelian) of Oregon, USA. Fossil species are also known from the Late Oligocene...
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    Deer (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    A deer (pl.: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies...
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    Basking shark (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species...
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  • extinct genus of testudinid that lived in what is now France during the Rupelian stage of the Cenozoic era. It is known from a single species, T. gigas...
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    Desmostylia (category Rupelian first appearances)
    aquatic mammals native to the North Pacific from the early Oligocene (Rupelian) to the late Miocene (Tortonian) (30.8 to 7.25 million years ago). Desmostylians...
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    Phasianidae (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl...
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    Pomfret (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    Pomfrets are scombriform fish belonging to the family Bramidae. The family currently includes 20 species across seven genera. Several species are important...
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    New World monkey (category Extant Rupelian first appearances)
    New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae...
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