HyperDic: pliocene_epoch

English > 1 sense of the expression Pliocene epoch:
NOUNtimePliocene epoch, Pliocenefrom 13 million to 2 million years ago
English > Pliocene epoch: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningFrom 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger / larger mammals.
SynonymPliocene
Instance ofepochA unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Part ofTertiary, Tertiary periodFrom 63 million to 2 million years ago
Spanishplioceno
Catalanpliocè

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