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Meaning of Itaboraian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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