Barremianadj.
/bəˈreɪmɪən/ Geology.
= Urgonian adj.
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Wealden1828
Speeton1829
Neocomian1843
Albian1846
Senonian1850
Urgonian1856
Santonian1869
Maastrichtian1885
Valanginian1885
Vectian1885
Barremian1903
1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. 1197 The abandonment of the term Urgonian and the adoption in its place of ‘Barremien’.
1914 Brit. Mus.: Return 210 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 186) LXXI. 193 The Barremian Beds of Sandown Bay, I. of Wight.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 30 In the Cretaceous, from the Barremian-Aptian to the Lower Senonian, the widespread transgression which led to a uniform marine fauna also favored the development of forests.
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adj.1903