PalaeocenePaleocenen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpalɪə(ʊ)siːn/,

/ˈpeɪlɪə(ʊ)siːn/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪliəˌsin/

Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and -cene comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, -cene comb. form.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + -cene comb. form, after French paléocène (W. P. Schimper Traité de paléontol. végétale (1874) III. 680).

Geology.

A. n.

Chiefly with the. The earliest epoch of the Cenozoic era and of the Tertiary period or sub-era, between about 65 million and 56 million years ago, which preceded the Eocene; the series of rocks dating from this time, now regarded as comprising the Danian and Thanetian stages, and bearing evidence of the emergence and development of mammals.Formerly often not recognized as a distinct epoch but incorporated in the Eocene. Now frequently grouped with the Eocene and Oligocene as the Palaeogene period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > tertiary or Cainozoic > specific

Eocene1831

Pliocene1835

Miocene1842

post-Pliocene1852

Oligocene1856

Palaeocene1877

Palaeogene1882

Lutetian1895

Tortonian1931

1877 Proc. Geol. Soc. 33 83 An attempt has been made to establish a zone intermediate between the European Cretaceous and Eocene, under the title of Palæocene.

1896 J. W. Judd Student's Lyell xv. 220 Paleocene Beds (‘Montian’).—In the coarse limestone of Mons in Belgium and in the Marls of Meudon in the Paris basin we have strata which are perhaps older than any in the British Islands.

1921 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. II. xlv. 782 The Palæocene is not always recognized by American geologists, who class it as Lower or Basal Eocene.

1949 R. C. Moore Introd. Hist. Geol. xvii. 399 In Europe and in North America, the Tertiary System is recognized as containing main divisions that in upward order are named Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene.

1993 P. Kearey Encycl. Solid Earth Sci. 451/2 At the beginning of the Paleocene, the North Atlantic was open between Gibraltar and Newfoundland but North America and Europe were still joined by Greenland.

B. adj.

Designating or relating to this epoch or series.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Palaeocene

Palaeocene1877

1877 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 33 Proc. 83 The Palæocene and other zones of European Eocene plant-bearing strata.

1899 Nature 26 Jan. 308/1 The Palæocene Volga Sea must have been a large sea extending northwards up the present lower Volga, and westwards as far as the meridian of Penza.

1969 Sci. Jrnl. 38/2 Entire skulls..of multituberculates have so far been found only in the Palaeocene genus Ptilodus, known from North America.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) vi. i. 199/1 This chapter summarises the primate fossil record, from the primitive so-called archaic primates of Palaeocene and Eocene times to human ancestors, hominids, of the Plio-Pleistocene.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeocene
释义	PalaeocenePaleocenen.adj. Brit. /ˈpalɪə(ʊ)siːn/, /ˈpeɪlɪə(ʊ)siːn/, U.S. /ˈpeɪliəˌsin/ Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and -cene comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, -cene comb. form. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + -cene comb. form, after French paléocène (W. P. Schimper Traité de paléontol. végétale (1874) III. 680). Geology. A. n. Chiefly with the. The earliest epoch of the Cenozoic era and of the Tertiary period or sub-era, between about 65 million and 56 million years ago, which preceded the Eocene; the series of rocks dating from this time, now regarded as comprising the Danian and Thanetian stages, and bearing evidence of the emergence and development of mammals.Formerly often not recognized as a distinct epoch but incorporated in the Eocene. Now frequently grouped with the Eocene and Oligocene as the Palaeogene period. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > tertiary or Cainozoic > specific Eocene1831 Pliocene1835 Miocene1842 post-Pliocene1852 Oligocene1856 Palaeocene1877 Palaeogene1882 Lutetian1895 Tortonian1931 1877 Proc. Geol. Soc. 33 83 An attempt has been made to establish a zone intermediate between the European Cretaceous and Eocene, under the title of Palæocene. 1896 J. W. Judd Student's Lyell xv. 220 Paleocene Beds (‘Montian’).—In the coarse limestone of Mons in Belgium and in the Marls of Meudon in the Paris basin we have strata which are perhaps older than any in the British Islands. 1921 A. W. Grabau Textbk. Geol. II. xlv. 782 The Palæocene is not always recognized by American geologists, who class it as Lower or Basal Eocene. 1949 R. C. Moore Introd. Hist. Geol. xvii. 399 In Europe and in North America, the Tertiary System is recognized as containing main divisions that in upward order are named Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene. 1993 P. Kearey Encycl. Solid Earth Sci. 451/2 At the beginning of the Paleocene, the North Atlantic was open between Gibraltar and Newfoundland but North America and Europe were still joined by Greenland. B. adj. Designating or relating to this epoch or series. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Palaeocene Palaeocene1877 1877 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 33 Proc. 83 The Palæocene and other zones of European Eocene plant-bearing strata. 1899 Nature 26 Jan. 308/1 The Palæocene Volga Sea must have been a large sea extending northwards up the present lower Volga, and westwards as far as the meridian of Penza. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. 38/2 Entire skulls..of multituberculates have so far been found only in the Palaeocene genus Ptilodus, known from North America. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) vi. i. 199/1 This chapter summarises the primate fossil record, from the primitive so-called archaic primates of Palaeocene and Eocene times to human ancestors, hominids, of the Plio-Pleistocene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1877
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