post-Pliocene
- a word derived from Pliocene.
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It is sometimes used in a wider sense to denote all post-Pliocene sands, gravels, and clays, such as the superficial deposits shown on the 'drift' maps of the Geological Survey.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
I much like the term post-Pliocene, and will use it in my present paper several times.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir