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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Geol.) See
Pliocene .
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Thus, at one bound, the record of the existence of man receded far back into the history of the ages past; he was a predecessor of the mastodon; he was a contemporary of the southern elephant; he lived a hundred thousand years ago, when, according to geologists, the pleiocene formation was in progress.
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Fresh discoveries of remains in the pleiocene formation had emboldened other geologists to refer back the human species to a higher antiquity still.
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They had been the coverings of those gigantic glyptodons or armadilloes of the pleiocene period, of which the modern tortoise is but a miniature representative.
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They had been the coverings of those gigantic glyptodons or armadilloes of the pleiocene period, of which the modern tortoise is but a miniature representative.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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Thus, at one bound, the record of the existence of man receded far back into the history of the ages past; he was a predecessor of the mastodon; he was a contemporary of the southern elephant; he lived a hundred thousand years ago, when, according to geologists, the pleiocene formation was in progress.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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Fresh discoveries of remains in the pleiocene formation had emboldened other geologists to refer back the human species to a higher antiquity still.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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Occurs both in the miocene and post pleiocene beds, particularly at Beaufort.
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It still lives upon the coast, and is common in the post pleiocene of North-Carolina.
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It is a common shell upon the coast, and in the post pleiocene at Beaufort, but not uncommon in the miocene of Cape Fear.
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