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Definition of Mesozoic era
1. Noun. From 230 million to 63 million years ago.
Terms within: Cretaceous, Cretaceous Period, Jurassic, Jurassic Period, Triassic, Triassic Period
Generic synonyms: Era, Geological Era
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesozoic Era
Literary usage of Mesozoic era
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)
"CHAPTER XXXII THE mesozoic era—TRIASSIC PERIOD THE mesozoic era, so far as we
can judge, seems to have been shorter than the Palaeozoic; in North America ..."
2. A Compend of Geology by Joseph LeConte (1898)
"The mesozoic era, on the contrary, consists of but one age—the age of Reptiles.
... The mesozoic era and Reptilian age is divided into three periods (3. ..."
3. Elements of Geology by Eliot Blackwelder, Harlan Harland Barrows (1911)
"THE mesozoic era IN NORTH AMERICA Changes in the form of the continent. — At the
close of the Paleozoic era the continental platform of North America had ..."