单词 | cenomanian |
释义 | Cenomanianadj. Geology. Designating a subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous period, corresponding to the Lower Chalk and Upper Greensand of British geologists; of flora, etc., belonging to or found in these strata. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > characteristic of particular region or period southerneOE African1578 Asiatic1670 American1678 Creole1758 Californian1785 subalpine1808 Antarctic1835 Adelaidean1847 Arctic1876 Atlantic1876 gerontogeous1880 Cenomanian1902 Lusitanian1907 pantropic1911 pantropical1913 native1920 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 829 The Cenomanian formation consists in Hanover of earthy limestones and marls. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 434/2 The Cenomanian flora of central Europe. 1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 206 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 The Cenomanian Chalk Marl of Cambridge. 1960 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery (ed. 5) xii. 138 A great marine transgression..referred to as the ‘Cenomanian Transgression’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1882 |
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