Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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In Cainozoic rocks fossil insects of nearly six thousand species have been found, which are easily referable to existing families and often to existing genera.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
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
We have treated in the preceding chapters of the Tertiary or Cainozoic strata, and have next to speak of the Secondary or Mesozoic formations.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Cainozoic, or Tertiary.—Beds of this age, in England at all events, are for the most part made up of comparatively soft rocks, gravels, sands, and clays, and are found in the eastern and south-eastern counties.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
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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