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Tournaisian

Tournaisian proper noun: in the ICS geologic timescale, the lowest stage or oldest age of the Mississippian, the oldest subsystem of the Carboniferous. It lasted from 358.9 Ma to 346.7 Ma and was preceded by the Famennian and followed by the Viséan.

Proper noun

Tournaisian

  1. In the ICS geologic timescale, the lowest stage or oldest age of the Mississippian, the oldest subsystem of the Carboniferous. It lasted from 358.9 Ma to 346.7 Ma and was preceded by the Famennian and followed by the Viséan.

Origin of Tournaisian

Named after the Belgian city of Tournai.

Questions about Tournaisian

What does Tournaisian mean?
Tournaisian means in the ICS geologic timescale, the lowest stage or oldest age of the Mississippian, the oldest subsystem of the Carboniferous. It lasted from 358.9 Ma to 346.7 Ma and was preceded by the Famennian and followed by the Viséan.
What part of speech is Tournaisian?
Tournaisian is a proper noun.

Words near Tournaisian in the dictionary

  1. tourmalins
  2. tourmate
  3. tourmates
  4. tourn
  5. Tournai
  6. Tournaisian
  7. tournament
  8. tournamental
  9. tournaments
  10. Tournapull
  11. Tournapulls

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