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intertrappean

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Etymology

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From inter- +‎ trappean.

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intertrappean (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Between successive basaltic lava flows
    • 2015 December 8, “Crocodilian Nest in a Late Cretaceous Sauropod Hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The fossil crocodilian eggshells reported from Late Cretaceous intertrappean beds, Bombay [34 ], differ from the present eggshells in being thinner (~.35 mm) showing distinct mammillary layer and with diverging micro crystallites.
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