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Definition of Paleogene
1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago. ¹
2. Proper noun. (geology) The Paleogene period. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paleogene
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleogene
Literary usage of Paleogene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oil and Gas Reserves of the Fergana Region, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, and (1994)
"Paleogene (Paleocene-Eocene- Oligocene) System During the Paleogene the area of
the present Fergana depression was part of the Tethys epicontinental sea, ..."
2. The Mining Engineer (1907)
"These Paleogene belts are not generally of very great extent, but the oil is of
good quality and the ... They are generally longer than the Paleogene belts, ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"2. Eocene Layers in the Brezoi Basin. TERTIARY OF THE SUBCARPATHIAN REGION. A.
The Flysch of the Upper Paleogene. 1. Middle Eocene. 2. Upper Eocene. 3. ..."
4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"This is certainly the case with the older Tertiary (Paleogene; Oligocene—Eocene);
and hardly less so with the medial Tertiary (Metagene) as distinguished ..."
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