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Calabrian is a subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch of the geologic time scale, defined as ~1.8 Ma.—781,000 years ago ± 5,000 years, a period of ~.
The end of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal (781 ± 5 Ka) and plunge into an ice age and global drying possibly colder and drier than the late Miocene ( Messinian) through early Pliocene ( Zanclean) cold period. Originally the Calabrian was a European faunal stage primarily based on mollusk fossils. It has become the second geologic age in the Early Pleistocene. Many of the mammalian faunal assemblages of the Early Pleistocene start in the Gelasian. For example, the Platygonus and other Blancan fauna appear first in the Gelasian.
Calabrian may refer to:
- Calabrian, the people or culture of Calabria
- Calabrian Greek dialect, a dialect of Greek spoken in Calabria
- Calabrian languages, the languages and dialects spoken in Calabria
- Calabrian (stage), a stratigraphic stage or subdivision in the geologic time scale, part of the Pleistocene
- Calabrian wine
Usage examples of "calabrian".
A language of the Italian peninsula spoken by Samnites, Apulians, Calabrians, Lucanians and Bruttians.
He swore Corsican, Ligurian, Calabrian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabian and Portuguese.
Every Calabrian possesses a gun, and each one ran to fetch his, and when Trenta Capelli and Giorgio Pellegrino came back to the square they found nearly two hundred armed men there.
I have made here the acquaintance of a learned Minim friar, a Calabrian by birth, whose great qualities have made me think of you every time he has honoured me with a visit.
My dear son, I have made here the acquaintance of a learned Minim friar, a Calabrian by birth, whose great qualities have made me think of you every time he has honoured me with a visit.
I thought that, being a Calabrian, he might feel ashamed of his Italian, but he undeceived me by speaking in that language to M.
Neapolitan slaves, men and women, performed a pantomime and some Calabrian dances.
In a few instances I noticed men wearing the true Calabrian hat—peaked, brigandesque—which is rapidly falling out of use.
He had broken all contacts with his old associates, with Tony Lango, who ran the Calabrians, and Dennis Pelong, who ran anyone stupid enough to work for him, with Arnold Debbs and one or two other politicians who had come to him for help, with ex-Chief Superintendent Harry Danforth, who thought corruption was a fringe benefit any sensible cop was entitled to.