[stage] The Illinoian Stage is the name used by Quaternary geologists in North America to designate the period of geologic time of ~191,000—130,000 years ago, a period of ~{Mya|0.191-0.130|million years} during the middle Pleistocene when sediments comprising the Illinoian Glacial Lobe were deposited. It precedes the Sangamonian stage and... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinoian_(stage)
Pertaining to the classical third glacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, between the Yarmouthian and Sangamonian interglacial stages. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22047