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Hettangian

Hettangian proper noun: the earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma.

Proper noun

Hettangian

  1. The earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma
  2. The corresponding lowest stage of the Jurassic system, marked by the lowest strata in which the neoammonite genus Psiloceras appears.

Origin of Hettangian

From French Hettange, now Hettange-Grande, a commune in northeastern France, (German Hettingen, Luxembourgish (Lorraine Franconian) Hetténgen).

Questions about Hettangian

What does Hettangian mean?
Hettangian means the earliest age of the Jurassic period, from 199.3–201.3Ma.
What part of speech is Hettangian?
Hettangian is a proper noun.

Words near Hettangian in the dictionary

  1. hets
  2. hetsex
  3. hetslop
  4. hetsmut
  5. Hett
  6. Hettangian
  7. hetted
  8. hetted up
  9. hettie
  10. hetties
  11. Hettinger

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