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Definition of Cenozoic
1. Noun. Approximately the last 63 million years.
Group relationships: Phanerozoic, Phanerozoic Aeon, Phanerozoic Eon
Terms within: Age Of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary Period, Tertiary, Tertiary Period
Generic synonyms: Era, Geological Era
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era.
Definition of Cenozoic
1. a. Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also cænozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.
Definition of Cenozoic
1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene (l en periods) from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved. ¹
2. Noun. (geology) Cenozoic (era) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cenozoic
1. of or pertaining to a certain geologic time period [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenozoic
Literary usage of Cenozoic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1907)
"The sedimentary rocks of the cenozoic era are, for the most part, quite loose and
... Another characteristic feature of cenozoic strata is their locally ..."
2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"CHAPTER V THE GEOGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAS IN cenozoic TIMES I.
TERTIARY PERIOD IN the interior regions of western North America the transition ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"cenozoic TIME. It has been observed that, before the close of Mesozoic time, the
medieval features of the era were already passing away. ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The cenozoic Era.—The remaining periods of geological history constitute the ...
The nominal basis of the cenozoic classification and nomenclature is a ..."
5. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1870)
"cenozoic TIME. 1. Age of Mammals.—cenozoic time ... The type of Mammals appears
in cenozoic time under several successive faunas of different species, ..."
6. The Coastal Plain of North Carolina by William Bullock Clark, Benjamin LeRoy Miller (1912)
"The older cenozoic beds are in places strikingly similar to the later Mesozoic,
but the later cenozoic deposits are quite different. ..."
7. Rocks and Soils: Their Origin, Composition and Characteristics: Chemical by Horace Edward Stockbridge (1888)
"cenozoic TIME. THE primeval stage of organic existence gave way to an era of
greater advancement which was, in turn, supplanted by a mediaeval epoch. ..."
8. Rocks and Soils: Their Origin, Composition and Characteristics: Chemical by Horace Edward Stockbridge (1888)
"cenozoic TIME. THE primeval stage of organic existence gave way to an era of
greater advancement which was, in turn, supplanted by a mediaeval epoch. ..."
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