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Definition of Turonian

Turonian
Turonian Tu*ro"ni*an, n. (Geol.) One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.

Meaning of Turonian from wikipedia

- The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time...
- Albian, Turonian, and Senonian, later adding the Urgonian between Neocomian and Aptian and the Cenomanian between the Albian and Turonian. The Cretaceous...
- The Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event, also known as the Cenomanian-Turonian extinction, Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 2), and referred...
- Campanian Chalk Unit 2 - Hod Formation - Middle Turonian to Coniacian Turonian shale - Early Turonian (non reservoir) Plenus Marl - Late Cenomanian (non...
- geologic timescale, it is preceded by the Albian and is followed by the Turonian. The Upper Cenomanian starts around at 95 Mya.[citation needed] The Cenomanian...
- Borkent 1995 New Jersey amber, Turonian Canadian amber, Campanian †Alautunmyia Borkent 1996 New Jersey amber, Turonian Larval stage of a ceratopogonid...
- known from three specimens, one of which is fully preserved, from the Turonian Akrabou Formation, one of several formations comprising the Kem Kem Group...
- Ligérian is a regional geological substage of the Turonian. It designates sediments of the Lower Turonian in western France. The name Ligérian, in French...
- The Karai Formation is a Mesozoic (Albian to Turonian) geologic formation in India. Fossilized ichthyosaur remains and shark teeth have been reported from...
- reached its peak approximately 90 million years ago (90 Ma) during the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. The CTM is notable for its dramatic increase...