Cainozoic
Americanadjective
adjective
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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)
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
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
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)
THE opening of the next great period in the life of the earth, the Cainozoic period, was a period of upheaval and extreme volcanic activity.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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