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Famennian, a. Geol.|fəˈmɛnɪən|
Also Fammenian, † Famennien.
[ad. F. Famennien (J. Gosselet 1879, in Ann. Soc. géol. du Nord VI. 396), f. Famenne, name of a district of western Belgium.]
Name of the upper of the two stages constituting the Upper Devonian in Europe; of or pertaining to this stage or the geological period during which it was deposited. Also absol.
1882[see Frasnian a.]. 1888J. Prestwich Geol. II. 581 Famennian system. 1893A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3) 787 In Brittany also, Devonian strata are found, including representatives of the Famennian groups with Cypridinas and Goniatites. 1895J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 627 In the Eifel, the three divisions, the Rhénan, Eifelian and Famennian are well developed. 1909H. B. C. Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth IV. 61 Five species of Avicula (Leptodesma) which the Chemung stage possesses in common with the Famennian of Belgium. 1931Gregory & Barrett Gen. Stratigr. vi. 96 In Spain and Portugal the Devonian is widely developed and includes a full succession from Siegenian to Famennian. 1963D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation x. 208 At Ben-Zireg near Colomb-Béchar..banks of Devonian rocks are enclosed in the Visean... They form a Wildflysch, resting on Fammenian lime⁓stones. |