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Cenozoic   /sˌinəzˈoʊɪk/   Listen
Cenozoic

noun
1.
Approximately the last 63 million years.  Synonyms: Age of Mammals, Cenozoic era.






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"Cenozoic" Quotes from Famous Books



... geologic ages are as well defined as elsewhere. The synchronism remains to be fully established by palaeontological proofs. He thinks he has been able to fix upon the true point of division between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages, and to prove that coal was deposited through about 7,000 feet of Cretaceous and about 4,500 feet of Cenozoic beds. Mr. Powell's literary style is excellent—not involved, but clear and energetic. He was wise to abandon the idea of ...
— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various



Words linked to "Cenozoic" :   Phanerozoic eon, Quaternary period, Tertiary period, Age of Mammals, tertiary, quaternary, Phanerozoic aeon, Phanerozoic, geological era, Age of Man, Cenozoic era, era



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