Laramidia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An island continent, during the late Cretaceous period, that now makes up the west coast of North America.

Word forms

Laramidia

Etymology

Named after the city Laramie by the American paleontologist J. David Archibald.

Related words

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