cenozoic
IPA: sinʌzˈoʊɪk
Root Word: Cenozoic
noun
- (geology) A geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary periods from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.
adjective
- (geology) Of or pertaining to the Cenozoic era.
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Examples of "cenozoic" in Sentences
- It is seem to be not correspond in the Cenozoic era.
- Of those that are known, all from Cenozoic era amber.
- Of those that are known, all are from Cenozoic era amber.
- There is now a new version of the timescale, as on Cenozoic.
- The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny.
- It contributed greatly to the coal swamps of the Cenozoic era.
- During the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras the echinoids flourished.
- Paleozoic in age but it is capped with a Cenozoic gravel terrace.
- The abysses are caused by the formation of the Himalayas in the Cenozoic.
- It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic era.