Villafranchian
/ˈvɪləˈfræŋtʃɪən/adjective
1- of, relating to, or denoting an age (or stage) in Europe crossing the boundary of the Upper Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene, lasting from about 3 to 1 million years ago维拉弗朗阶的 (维拉弗郎阶为欧洲约300万至100万年前跨越上新世与更新世的年代划分单元)。
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- as noun the Villafranchian the Villafranchian age or stage, or the system of deposits laid down during it维拉弗朗阶。
词源
late 19th cent.: from French villafranchien, from Villafranca d'Asti, the village in northern Italy near which exposures of this period occur.