Explore Maastrichtian through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Maastrichtian in a sentence
Maastrichtian meaning
- Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
- Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.
Using Maastrichtian
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Maastricht. | Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.
Context around Maastrichtian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maastrichtian
- In this selection, "maastrichtian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, campanian, early, record, boundary and stage stand out and add context to how "maastrichtian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include during the maastrichtian this area and maastrichtian record of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maastrichtian" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maastrichtian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
During the Maastrichtian this area was subtropical, with a warm and humid climate. (13 words)
The most recent common ancestor of penguins and their sister clade can be roughly dated to the Campanian – Maastrichtian boundary, around 70–68 mya. (24 words)
These younger units of this geologic formation date to the early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, 70 to 68 Ma (million years ago). (25 words)
Maastrichtian record of neornithine birds in Antarctica: comments on a Late Cretaceous radiation However, more complete remains of undisputed charadriiforms are known only from the mid- Paleogene onwards. (28 words)
These younger units of this geologic formation date to the early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, 70 to 68 Ma (million years ago). (25 words)
The most recent common ancestor of penguins and their sister clade can be roughly dated to the Campanian – Maastrichtian boundary, around 70–68 mya. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
During the Maastrichtian this area was subtropical, with a warm and humid climate.
Maastrichtian record of neornithine birds in Antarctica: comments on a Late Cretaceous radiation However, more complete remains of undisputed charadriiforms are known only from the mid- Paleogene onwards.
The most recent common ancestor of penguins and their sister clade can be roughly dated to the Campanian – Maastrichtian boundary, around 70–68 mya.
These younger units of this geologic formation date to the early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, 70 to 68 Ma (million years ago).