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Neogene

American  
[nee-uh-jeen] / ˈni əˌdʒin /

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era.

noun

  1. the Neogene Period or System.

Neogene British  
/ ˈniːəˌdʒiːn /

adjective

  1. of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the Neogene period or system

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Neogene Scientific  
/ nē′ō-jēn′ /

  1. The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.

Etymology

Origin of Neogene

1855–60; neo- + -gene ( see -gen)

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Neogene

In 2004, the Quaternary period was unceremoniously jettisoned and the preceding period, the Neogene, extended to cover its 1.8m years.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2019

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Having now “lost” millions of years, Neogene scientists were incandescent.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2019

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Jernvall, J. & Fortelius, M. Common mammals drive the evolutionary increase of hypsodonty in the Neogene.

From Nature ● Nov. 28, 2017

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I mean, shouldn’t the South American Neogene fossil record be full of ovenbird nests, at least?

From Scientific American ● Jan. 27, 2014

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In some books, too, you will find the tertiary and quaternary taken out and replaced by periods of different lengths called the Palaeogene and Neogene.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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