mesozoic
IPA: mɛsʌzˈoʊɪk
Root Word: Mesozoic
noun
- (geology) The Mesozoic era.
adjective
- (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.
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Examples of "mesozoic" in Sentences
- It lived towards the end of the Mesozoic era.
- The Blue Mountains contain Mesozoic stratigraphy.
- The sauropterygians thrived throughout the Mesozoic.
- The Kriegar Mountains contain Mesozoic stratigraphy.
- An extinct family from the Mesozoic are the Protapioceridae.
- The present scarp landscape was formed during the Mesozoic era.
- They were the most abundant and diverse avialans of the Mesozoic.
- In the Mesozoic era, the whole of the worn down plateau was under sea.
- The surface features of the ancient karst developed in Mesozoic limestone.
- The source of radium is probably in the underlying mesozoic carbonate rocks.
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