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intertrappean en · ADJ

Etymology

From inter- + trappean.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Between successive basaltic lava flows
    • 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. 2015 December 8, “Crocodilian Nest in a Late Cretaceous Sauropod Hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: