Falunian, a. Geol.
(fəˈl(j)uːnɪən)
[f. prec. + -ian.]
The distinctive epithet of the group of strata represented by the faluns; upper Miocene.
| 1851 Richardson Geol. (1855) 321 The falunian, sub⁓apennine, and diluvial stages of both continents. 1863 Lyell Antiq. Man xxii. 430 The mollusca of the Falunian or Upper Miocene strata of Europe. |