Neogene

American  

[nee-uh-jeen] / ˈni əˌdʒin /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era.

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noun

1. the Neogene Period or System.

Neogene British  

/ ˈniːəˌdʒiːn /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs

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noun

1. the Neogene period or system

Neogene Scientific  

/ nē′ō-jēn′ /

1. The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.

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Etymology

Origin of Neogene

1855–60; neo- + -gene ( see -gen)

Example Sentences

It was a geologic table: Triassic and Neogene.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2019

Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2019

Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.

From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017

In some books, too, you will find the tertiary and quaternary taken out and replaced by periods of different lengths called the Palaeogene and Neogene.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson