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The Lutetian is a stage
Faunal stage

In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a Geologic record laid down in an single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition....
 of the Eocene
Eocene

The Eocene Geologic time scale is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era....
 Epoch. It spans the time between 48.6 ± 0.2 Ma
Annum

Annum is one form of the Latin noun meaning year, not a form normally used for derivatives in modern languages: the accusative case Grammatical number of the second declension grammatical gender noun annus , anni ....
 and 40.4 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago).

It is usually united with the Bartonian
Bartonian

The Bartonian is a faunal stage of the middle Eocene epoch . It spans the time between 40.4 ? 0.2 annum and 37.2 ? 0.2 Ma ....
 to form the Middle Eocene subepoch. Less often, the Middle Eocene is not used and the Lutetian is united with the Ypresian
Ypresian

The Ypresian is the first faunal stage of the Eocene epoch and usually corresponds to the Early Eocene subepoch, though sometimes the Lutetian is included therein....
 in the Early Eocene.

The Lutetian was named after Lutetia
Lutetia

Lutetia was a town in pre-Roman and Roman era Gaul. The Gallo-Roman city was a forerunner of the re-established Merovingian town that is the ancestor of present-day Paris....
, Latin for Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
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The Lutetian is a stage
Faunal stage

In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a Geologic record laid down in an single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition....
 of the Eocene
Eocene

The Eocene Geologic time scale is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era....
 Epoch. It spans the time between 48.6 ± 0.2 Ma
Annum

Annum is one form of the Latin noun meaning year, not a form normally used for derivatives in modern languages: the accusative case Grammatical number of the second declension grammatical gender noun annus , anni ....
 and 40.4 ± 0.2 Ma (million years ago).

It is usually united with the Bartonian
Bartonian

The Bartonian is a faunal stage of the middle Eocene epoch . It spans the time between 40.4 ? 0.2 annum and 37.2 ? 0.2 Ma ....
 to form the Middle Eocene subepoch. Less often, the Middle Eocene is not used and the Lutetian is united with the Ypresian
Ypresian

The Ypresian is the first faunal stage of the Eocene epoch and usually corresponds to the Early Eocene subepoch, though sometimes the Lutetian is included therein....
 in the Early Eocene.

The Lutetian was named after Lutetia
Lutetia

Lutetia was a town in pre-Roman and Roman era Gaul. The Gallo-Roman city was a forerunner of the re-established Merovingian town that is the ancestor of present-day Paris....
, Latin for Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.