Lias
noun
the lowest series of rocks of the Jurassic system
Liassic
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a word derived from
Lias.
Example Sentences
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Bakker is quoted as saying that he paid this tribute because it was Attenborough's childhood fascination with Liassic plesiosaurs that "sparked a brilliant career in scientific journalism".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2012
Palliobranchiate mollusca predominate greatly in strata older than the Trias; but, so far as we yet know, they did not survive the Liassic epoch.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
As for the Aporose Corals, in what respect is the Silurian Palœocydus less highly organized or more embryonic than the modern Fungia, or the Liassic Aporosa than the existing members of the same families?
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Thomas Henry Huxley
The deposit which the Hill of Eathie disturbed is exclusively a Liassic one.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
Geologically they are known to date back to the Oligocene period, and wings believed to be referable to them have been found in Liassic and Jurassic beds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
