Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
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
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
It is almost unnecessary to say this period corresponds with the Tertiary or Cainozoic era of geologists.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William
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