Palaeozoic

/ ˌpælɪəʊˈzəʊɪk /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period

noun

1. the Palaeozoic era

Word History and Origins

Origin of Palaeozoic¹

C19: from _palaeo- + Greek zōē life + _-ic

Example Sentences

"You can tell that the animal has been grazing on the Palaeozoic rock, typical of those found in Wales, particularly in and around where bluestones are found," she said.

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"The composition suggests the cow originated from an area with Palaeozoic rocks, such as the bluestones found in Wales, before moving to Stonehenge," the scientists concluded.

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The result is a history of life during this period, the early Palaeozoic era, that can pinpoint the rise and fall of species during diversifications and mass extinctions to within about 26,000 years.

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To improve on this, a team led by palaeontologist Jun-xuan Fan at Nanjing University in China created and analysed a database of fossil marine invertebrate species that were found in more than 3,000 layers of rock, mostly from China but representing geology across the planet during the early Palaeozoic.

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These ancestors of spiders and crabs lived in seas during the Palaeozoic era, between 541-251 million years ago.

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