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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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The deposits of the central, or Lycaonian, plateau consist of freshwater marls and limestones of late Tertiary or Neogene age.
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