Pliocene

pliocene pliocène Pliocène English Alternative forms en Pleiocene Etymology From en grc πλείων more + grc καινός new. en Q333922 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/n396/mode/2up 390–391 en pleio- -cene 1. Pronunciation en /ˈplaɪəsiːn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pliocene.wav Southern England Adjective - en geology Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors. [I]n a final sentence he expressed his conviction that his opponents "did not in truth represent the thought of the twentieth century, but might rather be regarded as mental fossils dug from some early Pliocene horizon ". Derived terms en postpliocene Pliocene Ridge Translations of the Pliocene epoch Catalan: ca pliocè, ca pliocènic Finnish: fi plioseenikautinen Georgian: ka პლიოცენური Greek: el πλειόκαινος Hindi: hi अतिनूतन युग Polish: pl plioceński Proper noun en geology The Pliocene epoch. Translations geology, the Pliocene epoch Catalan: ca Pliocè m Czech: cs pliocén m Dutch: nl plioceen n Estonian: et pliotseen Finnish: fi plioseenikausi Georgian: ka პლიოცენი, ka პლიოცენური ეპოქა Greek: el Πλειόκαινο n Italian: it Pliocene Polish: pl pliocen m-in See also Appendix:Geologic timescale en Postpliocene References Further reading Anagrams en ceeilnop epiclone en terms suffixed with -cene Italian Etymology From it en Pliocene. Pronunciation Pli.ocène Proper noun m it geology the en Pliocene epoch Derived terms it pliocenico Anagrams it ceeilnop licopene