Bartonian

Proper noun

Meaning

Bartonian

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Eocene epoch.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

An unnamed fossil from Argentina proves that, by the Bartonian (Middle Eocene ), some 39–38 mya, Contra Baker et al. Source: Internet

The emergence of the Subantarctic lineage at the end of the Bartonian corresponds with the onset of the slow period of cooling that eventually led to the ice ages some 35 million years later. Source: Internet

The Ypresian stage constitutes the lower, the Priabonian stage the upper; and the Lutetian and Bartonian stages are united as the middle Eocene. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bartonella bartonellosis bartonia bartonite bartop Bartosh