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Cenozoic
[ see-nuh-zoh-ik, sen-uh- ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to the present era, beginning 65 million years ago and characterized by the ascendancy of mammals.
noun
- the Cenozoic Era or group of systems.
Cenozoic
/ ˌːəʊˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- of, denoting, or relating to the most recent geological era, which began 65 000 000 years ago: characterized by the development and increase of the mammals
noun
- the Cenozoicthe Cenozoic era
Cenozoic
/ ĕ′ə-ō′ĭ /
- The most recent era of geologic time, from about 65 million years ago to the present. The Cenozoic Era is characterized by the formation of modern continents and the diversification of mammals and plants. Grasses also evolved during the Cenozoic. The climate was warm and tropical toward the beginning of the era and cooled significantly in the second half, leading to several ice ages. Humans first appeared near the end of this era.
- See Chart at geologic time
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Cenozoic1
Example Sentences
Their initial study was published this week in the journal Science, reconstructing CO2 concentrations going back through the Cenozoic, the era that began with the demise dinosaurs and rise of mammals 66 million years ago.
Already competing to survive, ginkgos began to disappear from North America and Europe during the Cenozoic Era, a time of global cooling that began around 66 million years ago.
Texas’ ancient outcrops record broad swaths of the last 300 million years, including Carboniferous coal swamps, dinosaur-filled floodplains and Cenozoic savannas.
Mammal skulls from the Cenozoic era tend to shatter around the opening of the snout, he said, while crocodile skulls often break at a weak spot between the eyes.
With the arrival of the Cenozoic era, starting 66 million years ago, a whole new way of experiencing the world acoustically emerged: echolocation.
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