PALAEOCENE


Meaning of PALAEOCENE in English

[ 'palɪə(ʊ)si:n , 'peɪ- ]

( US Paleocene )

■ adjective Geology relating to or denoting the earliest epoch of the Tertiary period (between the Cretaceous period and the Eocene epoch, about 65 to 56.5 million years ago), a time of rapid development of mammals.

Origin

C19: from palaeo- + Gk kainos 'new'.

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