A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch
Gibbard, Philip L.; Bauer, Andrew M.; Edgeworth, Matthew; Ruddiman, William F.; Gill, Jacquelyn L.; Merritts, Dorothy J.; Finney, Stanley C.; Edwards, Lucy E.; Walker, Michael J. C.; Maslin, Mark; Ellis, Erle C.. 2021. A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch. Episodes XX(XX): in press.