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Bathonian
/ əˈθəʊɪə /
adjective
of or relating to Bath
geology of or denoting a stage of the Jurassic system in NW Europe
noun
a native or resident of Bath
the Bathonian period or rock system
Example Sentences
Bathonian—series of English strata from Cornbrash down to Fuller’s Earth.
The Fullonian lies at the base of the Great Oolite or Bathonian series, but its palaeontological characters place it between that series and the underlying Inferior Oolite.
The Bathonian stage includes the following beds in ascending order:— 1.
Bathonian Stage, a division of the middle Jurassic series of rocks, including the beds between the Inferior Oolite and the Oxford Clay.
CORNBRASH, in geology, the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England.
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