Callovian

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A subdivision of the Jurassic period.

Etymology

From French callovien, coined by Alcide d’Orbigny from Latin Calloviensis, from the Latinized name of the Kellaways area near Chippenham in Wiltshire, England.

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