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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the most recent of the three eras of the Proterozoic Eon, from approximately 1.0 billion to 542 million years ago, marked by the formation of extensive glaciers reaching as far south as the equator and the first appearance of multicellular life.
- noun The Neoproterozoic Era.
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- adjective geology Of a
geologic era within theProterozoic eon ; comprises theTonian ,Cryogenian andEdiacaran periods from about 1000 to 544 million years ago, whenalgae andsponges flourished. - proper noun geology The Neoproterozoic era.
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