Bathonian

/ bəˈθəʊnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Bath
2. geology of or denoting a stage of the Jurassic system in NW Europe

noun

1. a native or resident of Bath
2. the Bathonian period or rock system

Example Sentences

Bathonian—series of English strata from Cornbrash down to Fuller’s Earth.

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The Fullonian lies at the base of the Great Oolite or Bathonian series, but its palaeontological characters place it between that series and the underlying Inferior Oolite.

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The Bathonian stage includes the following beds in ascending order:— 1.

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Bathonian Stage, a division of the middle Jurassic series of rocks, including the beds between the Inferior Oolite and the Oxford Clay.

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CORNBRASH, in geology, the name applied to the uppermost member of the Bathonian stage of the Jurassic formation in England.

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