Itaboraian

English Etymology From en pt Itaboraí, specifically referring to the Itaboraí Formation (Formação Itaboraí), which is near the city of Itaboraí, Brazil. Proper noun 1 en geology palaeontology A geologic age, 53.0–50.0 mya and within the Ypresian (Early Eocene), whose stratotype is the Itaboraí Formation; used especially in the context of South American land mammal age (SALMA) classification. en 2012 John J. Flynn; Reynaldo Charrier; Darin A. Croft; Andre R. Wyss Cenozoic Andean Faunas Bruce D. Patterson; Leonora P. Costa Bones, Clones, and Biomes w:University of Chicago Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PdIgjZhAsRgC&pg=PA62&dq=%22Itaboraian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ6KHj49P0AhWFB80KHfSfCBMQ6AF6BAhUEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Itaboraian%22&f=false 62 Carodnia is known only from the Itaboraian in both Patagonia, where it was first discovered, and Brazil, where it is better represented. 2013, Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis, Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America, University of Indiana Press, page 85, The Panriochican Subcycle includes two ages, the Itaboraian and the Riochican, summarized below. Translations geologic age Adjective - en geology palaeontology Of, pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age. Translations pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age Further reading South American land mammal age