a. Geol. [f. med.L. Stamp-æ Étampes (France).] = RUPELIAN a.
1893. Geikie, Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 3), 989. Above it comes the Stampian [group].
1910. Encycl. Brit., XI. 670. Oligocene…. In continental Europe the following subdivisions have been established in descending order: (1) Aquitanian, (2) Stampian (Rupelian), 3 Tongrian (Sannoisian).
