Palaeogene
/ˈpalɪə(ʊ)dʒiːn
/ /ˈpeɪlɪə(ʊ)dʒiːn/(US Paleogene)
adjective Geology
1Relating to or denoting the earlier division of the Tertiary period, comprising the Palaeocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. Compare with Neogene.The contact between Cretaceous Chalk and Palaeogene siliciclastic sediments is a megasequence boundary within the fill of the Wessex Basin....
- Thick Permian to Paleogene continental rise deposits merge southward into a continuous Ordovician to Eocene shelf sedimentary succession of marine carbonates, sandstone, siltstone and shale.
- The preserved Miocene sediments have allowed us to separate the effects of Palaeogene and Neogene uplift.
1.1 (as noun the Palaeogene) The Palaeogene sub-period or the system of rocks deposited during it.
The Palaeogene lasted from about 65 to 23 million years ago. The mammals diversified following the demise of the dinosaurs, and many bizarre and gigantic forms appeared.
Origin
Late 19th century: from palaeo- + Greek genēs 'of a specified kind' (see -gen).
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- roseate
- roseate cockatoo
- roseate spoonbill
- roseate tern
- Roseau
- rosebay
- rosebay willowherb
- rose beetle
- rose bengal
- rose bengale
- rose berry
- Rosebery, 5th Earl of
- rose bit
- rose blanket
- rose bowl
- rose box
- rose-breasted
- rose-breasted cockatoo
- rose-breasted grosbeak
- rose-breasted robin
- rose breccia
- rose-briar
- rosebud
- rosebud nail