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Cenozoic - Wikipedia
The Cenozoic Era is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66 million years of Earth's history. It is characterized by the dominance of ...
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Cenozoic - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cainozoic (Cenozoic) is the current geological era. It began 66 million years ago and continues today. Before it was the Mesozoic.
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Cainozoic vs Cenozoic? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
It appears to be a variant and original term for Cenozoic derived from a Greek kainos meaning “new, fresh, recent, novel".
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Cainozoic
Cainozoic, a. Geol. (kaɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk, keɪnəʊ-) Also kainozoic, cænozoic. [f. Gr. καινό-ς recent + ζῷον animal + -ic. The analogical form would be Cænozoic, as sometimes actually used; but Caino- is favoured by most authors as more evidently suggesting the derivation.] Of or pertaining to the third of t...
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Cenozoic - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The Cenozoic (originally Cainozoic) Era (Phillips, 1841) derives its name from the new (kainos) biota, compared to those of the Mesozoic Era. The Cenozoic Era ...
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CAINOZOIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CAINOZOIC is variant of cenozoic.
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CAINOZOIC Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Cainozoic, or Tertiary.—Beds of this age, in England at all events, are for the most part made up of comparatively soft rocks, gravels, sands, and clays, and ...
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CAINOZOIC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals.
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Cainozoic - Wikisource
In geology, the name given to the youngest of the three great eras of geological time, the other two being the Mesozoic and Palaeozoic eras.
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Major late cainozoic climatic events and palaeoenvironmental ...
During the Late Cainozoic Africa witnessed big changes of a physical and biological nature. The continent was affected by drift, orographic changes, internal ...
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Neozoic
Neozoic, a. Geol. (niːəʊˈzəʊɪk) [f. neo-, after Palæozoic.] 1. Belonging to the later period of geological history; post-palæozoic (comprising both Mesozoic and Cainozoic).1854 E. Forbes in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. X. p. lxxix, Both the palæozoic and the after—I must coin a word—neozoic mollusca. 1854 Mu...
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Mesozoic
Mesozoic, a. Geol. (mɛsəʊˈzəʊɪk) [f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + ζῷον animal + -ic.] The name given by Phillips to the secondary period, intermediate between the Palæozoic and the Cainozoic.1840 J. Phillips in Penny Cycl. XVII. 154/1 Corresponding terms (as Palæozoic, Mesozoic, Kainozoic, &c.) may be made, ...
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