Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Cainozoic and Recent.—No marine deposits of this age are known.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
We have a fairly complete series of forms from a small tapir-like ancestor in the early Cainozoic.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
These parasites must have been inherited unchanged by the various members of these three families of flightless birds from their common ancestors, that is from early Cainozoic times at latest.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
That unusual growth of brain which is the central fact of Cainozoic times marks a new communication and interdependence of individuals.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Unlike most Irish counties, Antrim owes its principal features to rocks of Mesozoic and Cainozoic age.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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