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Definition of Tertiary period
1. Noun. From 63 million to 2 million years ago.
Group relationships: Age Of Mammals, Cenozoic, Cenozoic Era
Terms within: Pliocene, Pliocene Epoch, Miocene, Miocene Epoch, Oligocene, Oligocene Epoch, Eocene, Eocene Epoch, Paleocene, Paleocene Epoch
Generic synonyms: Geological Period, Period
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tertiary Period
Literary usage of Tertiary period
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the tertiary period, the continent
... The Post^tertiary period in America includes two epochs:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the tertiary period, the continent
... The Post-tertiary period in America includes two epoch*:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the tertiary period, the continent
... The Post-tertiary period in America includes two epochs:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"II. POST-tertiary period (20). Hitherto, through time ages to time close of the
tertiary period, the continent of ..."
5. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1870)
"POST-tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was
remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."
6. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1864)
"POST-tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was
remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."
7. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Colleges by James Dwight Dana (1868)
"POST-tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was
remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."
8. A Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"Many parts of the region of the Andes were raised 3000 to 5000 feet or more in
the course of the tertiary period. Climate. — In Europe, the fact that the ..."
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