Definition of Oligocene epoch

1. Noun. From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats.

Exact synonyms: Oligocene
Group relationships: Tertiary, Tertiary Period
Generic synonyms: Epoch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligocene Epoch

Oleaceae
Oleales
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis
Oleandraceae
Olearia
Olearia argophylla
Olearia haastii
Olene
Olfersia
Olfersia cervina
Olga
Olga Korbut
Oligocene
Oligocene epoch
Oligoplites
Oligoporus
Oligoporus leucospongia
Olimbos
Olive
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hazard Perry
Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Stone
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Literary usage of Oligocene epoch

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1916)
"portion of the Tejón epoch but had almost entirely ceased by the opening of the oligocene epoch. Near the close of the Eocene or at the opening of the ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"oligocene epoch, Big Badlands, South Dakota. This finely preserved skeleton was found by the American Museum Expedition of 1894, and is all one individual, ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"... the Equatorial Atlantic, which with shifting modifications is supposed to have existed from Lower or Mid-Cretaceous into at least the oligocene epoch. ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1905)
"... the Equatorial Atlantic, which with shifting modifications is supposed to have existed from Lower or Mid-Cretaceous into at least the oligocene epoch. ..."

5. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"oligocene epoch North America. — The Oligocene, or third of the Tertiary epochs, was a time of great significance in the history of the American mammals and ..."

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