Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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We may conclude then, imperfect though our knowledge of extinct insects is, that some of the most complex of insect life-stories were being worked out before the dawn of the Cainozoic era.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
Cainozoic and Recent.—No marine deposits of this age are known.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Thus the Cainozoic era would embrace all the geological periods from Eocene to Recent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
In the Secondary or Cainozoic formations the preponderance of the higher grade of bivalves becomes more and more marked, till in the tertiary strata it approaches that observed in the living creation.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
THE opening of the next great period in the life of the earth, the Cainozoic period, was a period of upheaval and extreme volcanic activity.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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