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Meaning of "cenozoic"
Cenozoic: relating to a geological era from about 66 million years ago to the present, characterized by the dominance of mammals and birds
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- Of or pertaining to the Cenozoic era.
- 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.
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Cenozoic rocks nearer the surface are well researched.
Specializing in the cenozoic era.
In Cenozoic era mammals and birds were evolved.
Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic.
The Cenozoic is the age of new life.
General characteristics of the Cenozoic era divisions.
The Cenozoic is the era of modern life.
The bryozoan record is restricted to the Cenozoic.
Signs of early Cenozoic crocodiles have also been found.
There were no dinosaurs in the Cenozoic era.
Cenozoic coralline algae from the western Pacific.
It was also a region of active volcanism during the Cenozoic.
The Cenozoic era is known for mammals and birds.
It is a formation dating the Cenozoic era.
The record of the Cenozoic activity begins above this unconformity.
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It started to form in the Cenozoic era.
An unconformity separates the Cenozoic conglomerate from the underlying graywacke.
The eruptions took place in the Cenozoic era.
A number of lineages during the Cenozoic became wholly terrestrial predators.
It contributed greatly to the coal swamps of the Cenozoic era.
Remains of angiosperms from the Cenozoic are particularly well represented.
There are also fossil species known from the Cenozoic.
Within the trench are unconsolidated Cenozoic sandstones and conglomerates.
Later Cenozoic marine life included the giant shark megalodon.
This lake was formed by the retreat of glaciers in the Cenozoic era.
The Cenozoic is divided into two periods and seven epochs.
The climate has been mostly dry throughout the Cenozoic.
What geologists have found in Cenozoic rock is another mass burial of life.
The lake depression is a graben bounded by faults active in the Cenozoic.
Its formation goes back to the Cenozoic orogeny and presents volcanic phenomena.
Disappearance of the archaic mammals of the early times of the Cenozoic.
Her expertise is in Cenozoic to Recent planktonic and benthic foraminifera of the GoM.
The majority of amphisbaenians first appeared during the early Cenozoic period.
The margin structure and Cenozoic tectonic history are dominated by the consequences of subduction.
The main passages of the cave then formed in the early Cenozoic.
Some fossil snakes from the Cenozoic era are also known.
Aurochs and other prehistoric mammals mounted in a scene in the Cenozoic hall.
The evolution of large grazing animals in the Cenozoic contributed to the spread of grasses.
The major groups were already present at the beginning of the Cenozoic.
Other parts of the island consist mainly of Cenozoic and Quaternary volcanic or sedimentary rocks.
Sea levels rose and fell throughout the ensuing Cenozoic era.
This highland was mainly raised during the Cenozoic orogeny and partly covered by volcanic matter.
Western Tennessee was still under the sea during the early part of the Cenozoic.
The researchers found that the first day of the Cenozoic was peppered with cataclysms.
Continued crustal extension tied to the opening of the Atlantic continued into the Cenozoic.
One group that diversified significantly in the Cenozoic as well were the snake.
The Cenozoic rocks represent offshore marine limestones deposited before subduction of the Tethys oceanic crust.
The plant hit its evolutionary prime during the beginning of the Cenozoic era.
The Cenozoic era began afterward.
This new book describes paleobiological research into land vertebrates of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.
