Cenozoic

  1. Adjective.  (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene (l, en) from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.
  2. Noun.  (geology) Cenozoic (l, en) .

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