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Definition of Oligocene epoch
1. Noun. From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligocene Epoch
Literary usage of Oligocene epoch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1916)
"portion of the Tejón epoch but had almost entirely ceased by the opening of the
oligocene epoch. Near the close of the Eocene or at the opening of the ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"oligocene epoch, Big Badlands, South Dakota. This finely preserved skeleton was
found by the American Museum Expedition of 1894, and is all one individual, ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"... the Equatorial Atlantic, which with shifting modifications is supposed to have
existed from Lower or Mid-Cretaceous into at least the oligocene epoch. ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"... the Equatorial Atlantic, which with shifting modifications is supposed to have
existed from Lower or Mid-Cretaceous into at least the oligocene epoch. ..."
5. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"oligocene epoch North America. — The Oligocene, or third of the Tertiary epochs,
was a time of great significance in the history of the American mammals and ..."
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