Neogene

American  

[nee-uh-jeen] / ˈni əˌdʒin /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era.

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noun

1. the Neogene Period or System.

Neogene British  

/ ˈniːəˌdʒiːn /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs

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noun

1. the Neogene period or system

Neogene Scientific  

/ nē′ō-jēn′ /

1. The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.

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Etymology

Origin of Neogene

1855–60; neo- + -gene ( -gen )

Example Sentences

It was a geologic table: Triassic and Neogene.

From New York Times

In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.

From The Guardian

Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.

From The Guardian

Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.

From Nature

The large-bodied, flightless gastornithids of the Eurasian and North American Paleogene and the Australian dromornithids or mihirungs of the Paleogene and Neogene, for example, differ from extant birds in combining robust hindlimb bones with deep, massive crania.

From Scientific American