Definition of Pliocene. Meaning of Pliocene. Synonyms of Pliocene

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Definition of Pliocene

Pliocene
Pliocene Pli"o*cene, a. [Written also pleiocene.] [Gr. ? more + ? new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
Pliocene
Pliocene Pli"o*cene, n. (Geol.) The Pliocene period or deposits.

Meaning of Pliocene from wikipedia

- The Pliocene ( /ˈplaɪ.əsiːn, ˈplaɪ.oʊ-/ PLY-ə-seen, PLY-oh-; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 million...
- The Saga of Pliocene Exile (or the Saga of the Exiles) is a series of science/speculative fiction books by Julian May, first published in the early 1980s...
- The Pliocene Ridge is a region of Sierra County, California, corresponding to the southwestern portion of the county, including the settlements of Alleghany...
- Neogene is sub-divided into two epochs, the earlier Miocene and the later Pliocene. Some geologists ****ert that the Neogene cannot be clearly delineated from...
- known as the Middle Pliocene Warm Period ), or the Pliocene Thermal Maximum, was an interval of warm climate during the Pliocene epoch that lasted from...
- plicodenta (Asia, Pliocene) †Ochotona polonica (Europe: Poland, Germany, France, Pliocene) small-sized forms †Ochotona bazarovi (Asia, upper Pliocene) †Ochotona...
- modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through...
- Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene of Africa, Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of North America) †Pachycrocuta (Pliocene and Pleistocene...
- Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of WC North America) – formerly Miocorax; Nannopterum? Phalacrocorax sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Cr**** Mine, US)...
- uplift.[citation needed] The Southern Lowlands consist of Miocene and Pliocene sands, clays, and gravels. These overlie oil and natural gas deposits,...