Definition of Paleozoic

1. Noun. From 544 million to about 230 million years ago.


2. Adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era.

Definition of Paleozoic

1. a. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.

Definition of Paleozoic

1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles. ¹

2. Proper noun. (geology) The Paleozoic era. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paleozoic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Paleozoic

1. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology. Origin: Paleo- + Gr. Life, fr. To live. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleozoic

paleotemperature
paleotemperatures
paleotempestology
paleothalamus
paleothere
paleotheres
paleotherian
paleotherium
paleothermometer
paleothermometers
paleothermometry
paleotheroid
paleotype
paleotypes
paleous
paleozoic (current term)
paleozoological
paleozoologies
paleozoologist
paleozoologists
paleozoology
paler
palermoite
pales
palest
palestra
palestrae
palestral
palestras
palestric

Literary usage of Paleozoic

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The following subdivisions of the paleozoic are recognized: GILBERT VAN ... paleozoic ERA, the second great division of geologic time and the first one in ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"paleozoic time is naturally divided into two sections at the break between ... These sections are here named by using prefixes to the term paleozoic derived ..."

3. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"1 paleozoic ROCKS paleozoic rocks are dominantly sandstones, ... In Europe the estimated maximum thickness of paleozoic strata is 75000 to 100000 feet. ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"In the succeeding eras, through the paleozoic, — eras of prolonged quiet, — there were slow oscillations in progress over the continent, and, ..."

5. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"With the beginning of paleozoic time the strata are far less disturbed and have ... In other words, because of the abundance of fossils in the paleozoic and ..."

6. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1908)
"paleozoic EVENTS. At the beginning of the paleozoic Era by far the greater part of our continent, with the exception of the above land, was beneath the sea ..."

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