Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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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)
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
The differences between the life of the Cainozoic and Mesozoic periods are far profounder than the resemblances.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The great world summer of the middle Cainozoic period drew at last to an end.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Mesozoic, term explained. — and Cainozoic periods, gap between the. — and Palaeozoic rocks, limits of the.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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