Archeozoic
or Ar·chae·o·zo·ic
[ ahr-kee-uh-zoh-ik ]
/ ˌɑr ki əˈzoʊ ɪk /
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adjective
noting or pertaining to the earlier half of the Precambrian Era, from about 5 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, during which the earliest datable rocks were formed and from which the oldest known fossil forms, blue-green algae and bacteria, have been recovered.
noun
the Archeozoic division of geologic time or the rock systems formed then.
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Archeozoic
See Archean.
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