Callovian

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English[edit]

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Callovian

Etymology[edit]

From French callovien, coined by Alcide d’Orbigny from Latin Calloviensis, from the Latinized name of the Kellaways area near Chippenham in Wiltshire, England.

Proper noun[edit]

Callovian

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Jurassic period.

Translations[edit]

Translations

Catalan: Cal·lovià (ca)
Dutch: Callovien
French: Callovien (fr)
German: Callovium
Hungarian: Kallovi
Italian: Calloviano
Polish: kelowej (pl) m inan
Spanish: Calloviense

References[edit]

d’Orbigny, Alcide (1842) Paléontologie française. Paris, 1842-1851: Terrains oolitiques ou jurassiques, vol. 1, p. 608

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