Etymology

Turonian

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Today it means: The second age in the Late Cretaceous epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous series, spanning the time between 93.5 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.3 ± 1 Ma (million years ago), preceded by the Cenomanian stage and underlying the Coniacian stage. Full definition →

Latin Turonēs
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromTuronēs
  2. English todayTuronian

From Latin Turonēs + -ian.

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