Tithonian

English

Alternative forms

Titonian
Tithonic (obsolete)

Etymology

Tithonus +‎ -ian. Named by German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1865. In Greek mythology, Tithonus was the lover of Eos, goddess of the dawn. The Tithonian is the last age of the Jurassic, coming immediately before the dawn of the Cretaceous.

Proper noun

Tithonian

(geology, paleontology) A geological age or stage, from 152.1 ±0.9 to ~145.0 mya.

Hypernyms

(age, 152.1-145 mya): Phanerozoic - eon; Mesozoic - era; Jurassic - period; Upper Jurassic - epoch

Translations

age, 152.1-145 mya

Catalan: Titonià
Dutch: Tithonien
Finnish: Tithonos-vaihe
French: Tithonien (fr)
Galician: Titoniano (gl)
German: Titonium
Hungarian: Tithon
Italian: Tithoniano
Polish: tyton m inan
Spanish: Titonico

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