Albian time

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• Albian — (French Albion , from Alba = Aube in France) is a stage of the Cretaceous period.Albian is a term proposed in 1842 by A. d Orbigny for that stage of the Cretaceous system which comes above (later) the Aptian and below (before) the Cenomanian (Pal …   Wikipedia

• Albian Stage — ▪ geology       uppermost of six main divisions of the Lower Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Albian Age, which occurred between 112 million and 99.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Albian rocks …   Universalium

• albian — I. ˈalbēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Alb (probably from Aube, department of France, its type station) + English ian : of or relating to the lowest division of the Upper Cretaceous especially in western Europe and the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… …   Wikipedia

• Cretaceous Period — Interval of geologic time from с 144 to 65 million years ago. During the Cretaceous the climate was warmer than today. In the seas, marine invertebrates flourished, and bony fishes evolved. On land, flowering plants arose, and insects, bees in… …   Universalium

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Creatures (artificial life program) — This article is about the artificial life game made by Creature Labs. For the Commodore 64 game, see Creatures (video game). Albia redirects here. For the small town in the United States, see Albia, Iowa. Creatures is an artificial life (alife)… …   Wikipedia

• 2009 in paleontology —             List of years in paleontology       (table) … 1999 .  2000 .  2001 .  2002  . 2003  . 2004  . 2005 … 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 … 2013… …   Wikipedia

• Acrocanthosaurus — Taxobox| name = Acrocanthosaurus fossil range = Early Cretaceous image caption = Acrocanthosaurus skull, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Saurischia… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Iberian Peninsula — The geology of the Iberian Peninsula consists of the study of the rock formations on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. The peninsula contains rocks from every age from Ediacaran to Recent, and almost… …   Wikipedia

• Hamites — Taxobox name = Hamites fossil range = Early Late Cretaceous image caption = A Reconstruction of the heteromorph ammonite Hamites gardneri regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Cephalopoda subclassis = Ammonoidea ordo = Ammonitida subordo …   Wikipedia