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Definitions of pliocene in various dictionaries:
noun - from 13 million to 2 million years ago
The Pliocene Epoch or its system of deposits.
adj - of or pertaining to a certain geologic time period
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relating to or denoting the last epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Miocene and Pleistocene epochs. |
from 13 million to 2 million years ago growth of mountains cooling of climate more and larger mammals |
from or referring to the period of time between around 5.3 million and 1.8 million years ago, in which many modern mammals and the first modern humans appeared: |
the Pliocene epoch ( part of a period of time in the earth's history) |
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The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch. Prior to the 2009 revision of the geologic time scale, which placed the four most recent major glaciations entirely within the Pleistocene, the Pliocene also included the Gelasian stage, which lasted from 2.588 to 1.806 million years ago, and is now included in the Pleistocene.As with other older geologic periods, the geological strata that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain. The boundaries defining the Pliocene are not set at an easily identified worldwide event but rather at regional boundaries between the warmer Miocene and the relatively cooler Pliocene. The upper boundary was set at the start of the Pleis |