Eocene

eocene éocène Éocène English Etymology From en grc ἠώς dawn + grc καινός new and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. en William Whewell English polymath 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.Charles Lyell Charles Lyell Principles of Geology 1833 III book IV https://archive.org/details/principlesgeolo27lyelgoog/page/n398/mode/1up 392 en eo- -cene. Pronunciation en /ˈiːəsiːn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eocene.wav Southern England Adjective - en geology Of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago. Translations of the Eocene epoch Catalan: ca eocènic, ca eocè Finnish: fi eoseenikautinen French: fr éocène German: de eozän Polish: pl eoceński Portuguese: pt eoceno Serbo-Croatian: sh eocenski m Proper noun en geology The Eocene epoch. Translations Eocene epoch Catalan: ca Eocè m Czech: cs eocén m Dutch: nl eoceen n Estonian: et eotseen Finnish: fi eoseenikausi German: de Eozän n Greek: el Ηώκαινο n Polish: pl eocen m-in Portuguese: pt Eoceno m Serbo-Croatian: sh eocen m Spanish: es Eoceno m Swedish: sv eocen n See also Appendix:Geologic timescale References Further reading