Definition of Tertiary period

1. Noun. From 63 million to 2 million years ago.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tertiary Period

Terri
Terrianne
Terrie
Terrien's marginal degeneration
Terrien's valve
Terrietia
Terrietia trifoliolata
Territorial Army
Territorian
Terry
Terry's nails
Terry's syndrome
Tersanctus
Terson's glands
Tertiary
Tertiary period (current term)
Tertry
Tertullian
Teruel
Terylene
Teschen disease
Teschen disease virus
Tesla coil
Tesla current
Teslascope
Teslascopes
Tess
Tessie
Tessier

Literary usage of Tertiary period

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the Tertiary period, the continent ... The Post^tertiary period in America includes two epochs:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the Tertiary period, the continent ... The Post-tertiary period in America includes two epoch*:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"Hitherto, through the ages to the close of the Tertiary period, the continent ... The Post-tertiary period in America includes two epochs:— 1, The GLACIAL, ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"II. POST-Tertiary period (20). Hitherto, through time ages to time close of the Tertiary period, the continent of ..."

5. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1870)
"POST-Tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."

6. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1864)
"POST-Tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."

7. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Colleges by James Dwight Dana (1868)
"POST-Tertiary period. 1. General characteristics.—The Post-tertiary period was remarkable (1) as the period of culmination of the type of Mammals; ..."

8. A Text-book of Geology by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"Many parts of the region of the Andes were raised 3000 to 5000 feet or more in the course of the Tertiary period. Climate. — In Europe, the fact that the ..."

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