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ˈpost-ˈtertiary, a. (n.) Geol.
[f. post- B. 1 b + tertiary.]
Epithet of the formations, or the period, subsequent to the Tertiary; also called Quaternary; the most recent of the whole geological series. Also applied to animals, etc. belonging to this period. Also ellipt. as n.
1854Page Introd. Text-bk. Geol. xiv. 121 The generality of post-tertiary accumulations being clays, silts, sands, gravels, and peat-mosses. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times 151 Species which characterise the post-tertiary epoch in Europe. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xvii. 290 By others they are called the post-tertiary series. |