Etymology

Laramidia

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Today it means: An island continent, during the late Cretaceous period, that now makes up the west coast of North America. Full definition →

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The story

Named after the city Laramie by the American paleontologist J. David Archibald.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.