Etymology

Rotliegend

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Today it means: A sub-period from 299 to 270.6 million years ago, a subdivision of the Permian. Full definition →

German [Term?]
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  1. German · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todayRotliegend

German [Term?] (literally “underlying red”)

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