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...
- 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...
- plicodenta (Asia, Pliocene) †Ochotona polonica (Europe: Poland, Germany, France, Pliocene) small-sized forms †Ochotona bazarovi (Asia, upper Pliocene) †Ochotona...
- 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...
- of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications...
- Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene of Africa, Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of North America) †Pachycrocuta (Pliocene and Pleistocene...
- modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through...
- that lived in Eurasia, Africa and possibly North America from the late Pliocene to the Middle Pleistocene. It is a member of the tribe Smilodontini, and...
- Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of WC North America) – formerly Miocorax; Nannopterum? Phalacrocorax sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Cr**** Mine, US)...