cenozoic

     

The Cenozoic (also Caenozoic or Cainozoic) Era (pronounce /ˌsiːnəˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsɛn-/) (, meaning "new life" (Greek καινός (kainos), "new", and ζωή (zoe), "life"), is the most recent of the three classic geological eras. It covers the 65.5 million years since the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous that marked the demise of the last non-avian dinosaurs and the end of the Mesozoic Era. The Cenozoic era is ongoing.

Trivia about cenozoic

  • The name of this most recent geological era is from the Greek for "new animals"
  • This geologic "era" is sometimes called the age of mammals
  • Geologic time eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, this

Found pages about cenozoic

Users that searched for cenozoic