Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the most recent era of geologic time, from about 65 million years ago to the present. The Cenozoic Era includes the Tertiary Period and the Quaternary Period and is characterized by the formation of modern continents, glaciation, and the diversification of mammals, birds, and plants.
- noun The Cenozoic Era.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
Cænozoic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also
cænozoic ,cainozoic ,kainozoic .] Seegeology .
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- adjective geology Of a
geologic era within thePhanerozoic eon comprising thePaleogene andNeogene periods from about 65 million years ago to the present, when thecontinents moved to their currentposition and modernplants andanimals evolved . - noun geology Cenozoic
era
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era
- noun approximately the last 63 million years
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mostly it comes down to a superficial similarity between certain Cenozoic artiodactyls (like cainotheres) and lagomorphs, and the transverse chewing style and artiodactyl-like ankle structure of lagomorphs.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Most of the Cenozoic is the Tertiary, from 65 million years ago to 1.8 million years ago.
Cenozoic 2008
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Mesozoic and the following age, called the Cenozoic, or age of recent animals.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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While not universally true, and while the Cenozoic has had some significant exceptions to that general rule for several million years at a time, we do not know WHY exactly that correlation exists.
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And 64 million years after dinosaurs went extinct, modern humans emerged in the Cenozoic era.
Web/Tech 2009
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And 64 million years after dinosaurs went extinct, modern humans emerged in the Cenozoic era.
February 2009 2009
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And 64 million years after dinosaurs went extinct, modern humans emerged in the Cenozoic era.
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The eastern part is primarily of volcanic origin covered with sedimentary rock of the Cenozoic period.
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Phytogeographic analyses indicate that the flora on the páramo had their origins in elements at middle elevations that were created with the first orogenic uplift during the early and middle Cenozoic, subjected to a process of differentiation when they erupted in the new habitats of the high mountains generated by the final uplift of the la Sierra Nevada during the Pliocene and Pleistocene.
Santa Marta páramo 2008
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The mountains of Ecoregion 4 are widely underlain by Cenozoic volcanic rocks and have been affected by alpine glaciation.
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