Cromerian

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Cromerian
1. A northern European interglacial stage dating from about 0.8 Ma to 0.5 Ma ago. It coincides approximately with the Günz/Mindel Interglacial of the Alps.

2. Temperate deposits of Middle Pleistocene age found at West Runton, Norfolk, England. Estuarine sands and silts and freshwater peat (Upper Freshwater Bed), with a temperate-forest flora, are succeeded by glacial deposits. It is not possible to correlate them with continental European deposits.

Cromerian

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Cromerian
1. A northern European interglacial stage dating from about 0.6–0.55 Ma ago. It coincides approximately with the Günz/Mindel interglacial of the Alps.

2. Temperate deposits of Middle Pleistocene age found at West Runton,

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