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)
Unlike most Irish counties, Antrim owes its principal features to rocks of Mesozoic and Cainozoic age.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" 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
Cainozoic or Neozoic Post-Tertiary or Tertiary ┌Modern └Post-Glacial Age of Man and modern Mammals.
From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William
It is estimated now that between forty and eighty million years have elapsed from the beginnings of the Cainozoic period to the present time.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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