RHAETIC FORMATION
\ɹˈiːtɪk fɔːmˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹˈiːtɪk fɔːmˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ˈiː_t_ɪ_k f_ɔː_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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(Geol.) The beds between the Trias and Lias, formerly referred to the latter in England and to the former in Germany; well developed in the Rhaetian Alps; contain some remarkable bone-beds, with the earliest mammalian remains (Microlestes); known also as Penarth beds.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Nearby Words
- rhaebocrania
- rhaeboscelia
- rhaebosis
- rhaetian
- rhaetic
- Rhaetic formation
- rhaetic-beds
- rhaeto-romance
- rhaeto-romanic
- rhagade
- rhagades