Callovian

English

Etymology

From French callovien, coined by Alcide d’Orbigny from Latin Calloviensis, from the Latinized name of the Kellaways area near Chippenham in Wiltshire, England.

Proper noun

Callovian

1. (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Jurassic period.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: Cal·lovià (ca)
• Dutch: Callovien
• French: Callovien (fr)
• German: Callovium
• Hungarian: Kallovi
• Italian: Calloviano
• Polish: kelowej (pl) m inan
• Spanish: Calloviense

References

• d’Orbigny, Alcide (1842) Paléontologie française. Paris, 1842-1851: Terrains oolitiques ou jurassiques, vol. 1, p. 608