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Neogene

[ nee-uh-jeen ]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era. Compare Paleogene.


noun

  1. the Neogene Period or System.

Neogene

/ ˈԾːəˌː /

adjective

  1. of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the Neogene
    the Neogene period or system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Neogene

/ ŧō-ŧ′ /

  1. The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Neogene1

1855–60; neo- + -gene ( -gen )
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It was a geologic table: Triassic and Neogene.

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In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.

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Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.

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In some books, too, you will find the tertiary and quaternary taken out and replaced by periods of different lengths called the Palaeogene and Neogene.

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Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.

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