intertrappean

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ trappean

Adjective

intertrappean (not comparable)

1. (geology) Between successive basaltic lava flows
   • 2015 December 8, “Crocodilian Nest in a Late Cretaceous Sauropod Hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The fossil crocodilian eggshells reported from Late Cretaceous intertrappean beds, Bombay [34 ], differ from the present eggshells in being thinner (~.35 mm) showing distinct mammillary layer and with diverging micro crystallites.