Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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At the outset of the Cainozoic period the climate of the world was austere.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
We have treated in the preceding chapters of the Tertiary or Cainozoic strata, and have next to speak of the Secondary or Mesozoic formations.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
It is almost unnecessary to say this period corresponds with the Tertiary or Cainozoic era of geologists.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William
The great world summer of the middle Cainozoic period drew at last to an end.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Between this lowland and Armagh city, the early Cainozoic basalts form slightly higher ground, while on the west a strip of Trias appears, overlying Carboniferous Limestone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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