Itaboraian
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Itaboraí, specifically referring to the Itaboraí Formation (Formação Itaboraí), which is near the city of Itaboraí, Brazil.
Proper noun
Itaboraian
- (geology, paleontology) A geologic age, 53.0–50.0 mya and within the Ypresian (Early Eocene), whose stratotype is the Itaboraí Formation; used especially in the context of South American land mammal age (SALMA) classification.
- 2012, John J. Flynn, Reynaldo Charrier, Darin A. Croft, Andre R. Wyss, Cenozoic Andean Faunas, Bruce D. Patterson, Leonora P. Costa (editors), Bones, Clones, and Biomes, University of Chicago Press, page 62,
- Carodnia is known only from the Itaboraian in both Patagonia, where it was first discovered, and Brazil, where it is better represented.
- 2013, Richard A. Fariña, Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Gerry De Iuliis, Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America, University of Indiana Press, page 85,
- The Panriochican Subcycle includes two ages, the Itaboraian and the Riochican, summarized below.
- 2012, John J. Flynn, Reynaldo Charrier, Darin A. Croft, Andre R. Wyss, Cenozoic Andean Faunas, Bruce D. Patterson, Leonora P. Costa (editors), Bones, Clones, and Biomes, University of Chicago Press, page 62,
Translations
geologic age
Adjective
Itaboraian (not comparable)
- (geology, paleontology) Of, pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age.
Translations
pertaining to or occurring within the Itaboraian age
Further reading
South American land mammal age on Wikipedia.Wikipedia