Crossword-Solution: OLIGOCENE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oligocene | a. | Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. |
| Oligocene | n. | The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “OLIGOCENE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Epoch after the Eocene | 1 answer |
| Epoch of the Tertiary Period | 3 answers |
| belonging to geological time period | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
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Sentences with OLIGOCENE (5)
Since Rutot's time, following Mortillet's example, investigators have called these "eoliths," and they have been traced back by Verworn to the Miocene of the Auvergne, and by Rutot even to the upper Oligocene.
Each one of the different Eocene and Oligocene horizons has its characteristic genus of horses, showing a slow, steady progress in a definite direction, all parts of the structure participating in the advance.
The genus Mesohippus, of the middle Oligocene, may be selected as a kind of half-way stage in the long progression.
Apparently related to the horses and derived from the same root-stock is the family of the Palaeotheres, confined to the Eocene and Oligocene of Europe, dying out without descendants.
From the lower Eocene to the lower sub-stage of the middle Oligocene the series is complete, beginning with small and rather lightly built animals.
Quotes with OLIGOCENE (1)
The Himalayas are the crowning achievement of the Indo-Australian plate. India in the Oligocene crashed head on into Tibet, hit so hard that it not only folded and buckled the plate boundaries but also plowed into the newly created Tibetan plateau and drove the Himalayas five and a half miles into the sky. The mountains are in some trouble. India has not stopped pushing them, and they are still going up. Their height and volume are already so great they are beginning to melt …
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Appears in: LAT, NY Sun, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1997–2011).