Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous (?), a.
(Geol.) 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. The Subcarboniferous period or
formation.
Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous (?), a.
(Geol.) 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. The Subcarboniferous period or
formation.