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Definition of Age of Mammals

1. Noun. Approximately the last 63 million years.

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Literary usage of Age of Mammals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"... VI THE Age of Mammals 1. A New Age of Life. § 2. Tradition Comes into the World. § 3. An Age of Brain Growth. § 4:. The World Grows Hard Again, ..."

2. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"The Age of Mammals in Europe, Asia, and North America BY HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN ... Royal 8vo $4.50 net Carriage extra " The Age of Mammals " is not written ..."

3. New Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1883)
"I. TERTIARY AGE, or Age of Mammals. The Mammals of this age are all extinct species, and the other species of life largely so; the number of living species ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"Cenozoic time embraces two ages : — I. The TERTIARY, or age of Mammals. П. The QUATERNARY age, or age of Man. I. THE TERTIARY, OR MAMMALIAN AGE. ..."

5. Geological Story Briefly Told: An Introduction to Geology by James Dwight Dana (1878)
"I I. The Tertiary, or Age of Mammals. The Tertiary age has been divided into three sections: (1) the EOCENE; (2) the MIOCENE; (3) the PLIOCENE. ..."

6. A Compend of Geology by Joseph LeConte (1898)
"Age of Mammals. THIS is reckoned a primary division—an Era—because there is just here a very general break in the rock-system, and a very great change in ..."

7. Science for the School and Family by Worthington Hooker (1894)
"Age of Mammals. 367. Transition from Mesozoic to Cainozoic Time.— We now come to a period in the earth's history in which there is a decided resemblance to ..."

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