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Record 1 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
DEF

The first of six main divisions (in ascending order) in the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Cenomanian Age, which occurred 99.6 million to 93.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage le plus bas du Crétacé supérieur, ère secondaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cronología
  • Geología
DEF

Piso del período cretácico; que sigue al albiense y precede al turoniense; data de unos 95 millones de años.

OBS

Viene su nombre de Cenomania, región de la Francia gala.

OBS

Pese a que la fuente citada escribe los nombres de los períodos geológicos con minúscula, el Diccionario de dudas de la Real Academia Española señala que tales sustantivos deben escribirse con mayúscula.

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