Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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In Cainozoic rocks fossil insects of nearly six thousand species have been found, which are easily referable to existing families and often to existing genera.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
It is estimated now that between forty and eighty million years have elapsed from the beginnings of the Cainozoic period to the present time.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Thus the Cainozoic era would embrace all the geological periods from Eocene to Recent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Cainozoic, or Tertiary.—Beds of this age, in England at all events, are for the most part made up of comparatively soft rocks, gravels, sands, and clays, and are found in the eastern and south-eastern counties.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
Mesozoic, term explained. — and Cainozoic periods, gap between the. — and Palaeozoic rocks, limits of the.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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