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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- titanosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian–lower Turonian) ****ncul Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, C...
- and dates to the Late Cretaceous Period. Laid down in the mid to late Turonian, it is dated to about 92 to 90 Ma (million years ago). The lithology of...
- giant carcharodontosaurid carnosaurian dinosaur from Argentina during the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous. Mapusaurus was excavated between 1997 and 2001...
- Akrabou Formation is a Late Cretaceous (latest Cenomanian to early/mid Turonian)-aged geological formation and Konservat-Lagerstätte in Morocco. It overlies...