The purpose of this paper is to present the stratigraphic framework of …

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Stratigraphic overview and fossil assemblages
• Correlations
• Synthesis and conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Appendix I
• Figures
• Table

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