subcarboniferous

Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous, a. (Geol.) Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. -- n. Defn: The Subcarboniferous period or formation.

subcarboniferous - Similar Words

carboniferous soniferous coniferous turioniferous uriniferous umbriferous succiferous somniferous scopiferous lucriferous