English Explanatory Dictionary

Tithonian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geological age or stage, from 152.1 ±0.9 to ~145.0 mya.

Pronunciation

/tɪˈθəʊ.ni.ən/ /taɪˈ-/ /tɪˈθoʊ.ni.ən/

Word forms

Tithonian Titonian Tithonic

Etymology

From Tithonus + -ian. Named by German paleontologist Albert Oppel in 1865. In Greek mythology, Tithonus was the lover of Eos, goddess of the dawn. The Tithonian is the last age of the Jurassic, coming immediately before the dawn of the Cretaceous.

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