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Callovian
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English
Etymology
From en fr callovien, coined by Alcide d’Orbigny from en la Calloviensis, from the Latinized name of the en Kellaways area near Chippenham in Wiltshire, England.
Proper noun
en geology paleontology A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
Translations
Catalan: ca Cal·lovià
Dutch: nl Callovien
French: fr Callovien
German: de Callovium
Hungarian: hu Kallovi
Italian: it Calloviano
Polish: pl kelowej m-in
Spanish: es Calloviense
References
d’Orbigny, Alcide (1842) Paléontologie française. Paris, 1842-1851: Terrains oolitiques ou jurassiques, vol. 1, p. 608
en Geological periods