| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Approximately the last 63 million years.[Wordnet]. | |
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Common Expressions: Cenozoic era
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Cenozoic era | Approximately the last 63 million years. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: Cenozoic era
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cenozoic era | Administration | Of, belonging to, or designating the latest era of geologic time, extending from 65 million years before present (B.P.) to the present, and including the Tertiary Period (from 65 million years B.P. to about 2 million years B.P.), encompassing the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene Epochs, and the Quaternary Period (from about 2 million years B.P. to the present), encompassing the Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs, and is characterized by the formation of modern continents, glaciation, and the diversification of mammals, birds, and plants. (references) | |
| Cenozoic era | Geological | The time span between 66.4 million years ago to the present. (references) | |
| Cenozoic era | Mining | The latest era of the Phanerozoic Eon, following the Mesozoic Era and continuing to the present time, and marked by the presence of a wide variety of mammals, including the first hominids. (references) | |
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