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morrison formation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
mor-rison -for-ma-tion
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock in the western United States, noted as the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America.

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Etymology

Named after the town of Morrison, Colorado, where some of the first fossils in the formation were discovered by American geologist Arthur Lakes in 1877.

Questions

What does morrison formation mean?
A sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock in the western United States, noted as the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America.
Where does morrison formation come from?
Named after the town of Morrison, Colorado, where some of the first fossils in the formation were discovered by American geologist Arthur Lakes in 1877.

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