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SPARNACIAN [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

A stage of the Upper Paleocene, between Thanetian and Ypresian of Eocene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Étage de l'Éocène.

Spanish

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

Parte inferior del piso cuisiense.

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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