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Neogene
[ nee-uh-jeen ]
adjective
- 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. Compare Paleogene.
noun
- the Neogene Period or System.
Neogene
/ ˈniːəˌdʒiːn /
adjective
- of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs
noun
- the Neogenethe Neogene period or system
Neogene
/ nē′ō-jēn′ /
- The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.
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Example Sentences
It was a geologic table: Triassic and Neogene.
From New York Times
In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.
From The Guardian
Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.
From The Guardian
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 Literature
Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.
From Nature
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