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Neogene
[nee-uh-jeen]
adjective
noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era.
noun
the Neogene Period or System.
Neogene
/ ˈԾːəˌː /
adjective
of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs
noun
the Neogene period or system
Neogene
The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.
Example Sentences
It was a geologic table: Triassic and Neogene.
In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.
Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.
In some books, too, you will find the tertiary and quaternary taken out and replaced by periods of different lengths called the Palaeogene and Neogene.
Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.
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