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 5.333 million to...
- During the Pliocene epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago (Ma)), the Earth's climate became cooler and drier, as well as more seasonal, marking a transition...
- plicodenta (Asia, Pliocene) †Ochotona polonica (Europe: Poland, Germany, France, Pliocene) small-sized forms †Ochotona bazarovi (Asia, upper Pliocene) †Ochotona...
- 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...
- Gazella parasinensis - Pliocene Asia Gazella praegaudryi - Pleistocene Africa Gazella sinensis - Pliocene Asia Gazella bri**** - Pliocene Asia Subgenus Gazella...
- brachydactylus Burchak-Abramovich 1939 (Pliocene of Ukraine) †Struthio chersonensis (Brandt 1873) Lambrecht 1921 (Pliocene of SE Europe to WC Asia) – oospecies...
- 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...
- international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma and 2.588 ± 0.005 Ma (million...
- (Early Pliocene of Kansas) Falco sp. (Early Pliocene of BulgariaEarly Pleistocene of Spain and Czech Republic) Falco oregonus (Early/Middle Pliocene of...
- of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications...