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pliocene epochnounfrom 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals

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pliocene epochnounfrom 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
miocenenoun(geology) The Miocene epoch.
pleistocenenoun(geology) The Pleistocene epoch.
quaternarynoun(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
pleiocenenounAlternative form of Pliocene. [(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.]
postpliocenenoun(geology) After the Pliocene epoch.
paleogenenoun(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.
neogenenoun(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.
oligocenenoun(geology) The Oligocene epoch.
paleogenic(geology) of, or relating to the Paleogene period
paleocenenoun(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.
pleistocenicRelating to the Pleistocene
eocenenoun(geology) The Eocene epoch.
preglacialBefore an ice age (usually referring to the Pliocene)
palæocenenounArchaic spelling of Paleocene. [(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.]
palaeocenenounAlternative form of Paleocene. [(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.]
holocenenoun(geology) The Holocene epoch.
paleoproterozoicnoun(geology) The era from 2,500 Ma to 1,600 Ma, marked by a dramatic increase in atmospheric oxygen.
neocenenoun(geology) Synonym of Neogene.
paleolithicnounOf or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age).

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