Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, belonging to, or designating the latest era of geologic time, which 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. See Table at geologic time.
- n. The Cenozoic Era.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- See Cænozoic.
Wiktionary
- adj. geology Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene periods from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.
- n. geology Cenozoic era
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (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 .] See geology.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era
- n. approximately the last 63 million years
Etymologies
- ceno- + -zoic, from the Ancient Greek: καινός (kainós, "new") with ζῷον (zōon, "beast"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek kainos, new; see ken- in Indo-European roots + -zoic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“Most of the Cenozoic is the Tertiary, from 65 million years ago to 1.8 million years ago.”
“Mesozoic and the following age, called the Cenozoic, or age of recent animals.”
“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.”
“And 64 million years after dinosaurs went extinct, modern humans emerged in the Cenozoic era.”
“The eastern part is primarily of volcanic origin covered with sedimentary rock of the Cenozoic period.”
“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.”
“The mountains of Ecoregion 4 are widely underlain by Cenozoic volcanic rocks and have been affected by alpine glaciation.”
“Cenozoic marine and nonmarine sedimentary rocks and alluvial deposits, and Mesozoic granitic and ultramafic rocks.”
“Humanity, Wilson says, is leaving the Cenozoic, the age of mammals, and entering the Eremozoic -- the era of solitude.”
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See Table at
A list of words which have the phrase "See Table at" in their definitions. Most of these come from the American Heritage Dictionary, which would have most of its tables at the following words:
dram, Cenozoic, krone, tablespoon, revelation, bismuth, iota, meson, genus, value, Tishri, Paleozoic and 3 more...
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Dinosaurs, extended
At first, this was a list for things found in Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History by David E. Fastovsky. But now it's degenerated a bit to contain anything dinosaur or fossil related.
disarticulate, body fossil, trace fossil, apatite, soft anatomy, permineralization, replacement, articulated, disarticulated, intestine’s-eye view, ichnofossil, paleoenvironment and 270 more...
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Geologic Timescale: Era
Geo Eras
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