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Definition of Phanerozoic

1. Noun. The period from about 5,400 million years ago until the present.

Definition of Phanerozoic

1. Adjective. (geology) Of, or relating to the geologic eon from about 570 million years ago to the present; comprises the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. ¹

2. Proper noun. (geology) The Phanerozoic eon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phanerozoic

Literary usage of Phanerozoic

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Reports Phanerozoic Stromatolites: Noncompetitive Ecologie Restriction by Grazing and Burrowing Animals Abstract The abundance of stromatolites (algal ..."

2. Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries Showing Oceans, Continents by Athelstan Spilhaus (1991)
"... "Phanerozoic Plate Tectonic Reconstructions," normal Mollweide, Scotese, 1987. 77 XXVII: Early Cambrian, Ordovician and Westphalian; centered transverse ..."

3. Abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Geochronology by Marvin A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple, Brent D. Turrin (1994)
"The concept of insignificant crustal growth during Phanerozoic time has largely been based on isotopic studies of European erogenic belts and of the ..."

4. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Phanerozoic overview of mass extinction, in Pattern and Process in the History of Life, DM Raup and D. Jablonski (eds.). Berlin: Springer- Verlag. ..."

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