Oligocene Synonyms

ŏlĭ-gō-sēn, ōlĭ-
From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Oligocene epoch

Words Related to Oligocene

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. miocene
  2. eocene
  3. pliocene
  4. permian
  5. paleozoic
  6. palaeocene
  7. aptian
  8. Valanginian
  9. devonian
  10. triassic
  11. palaeozoic
  12. albian
  13. mesozoic

Oligocene Sentence Examples

  • This ocean, already diminished in area, retreated after Oligocene times from the Iranian plateau, Turkestan, Asia Minor and the region of the north-west Alps.

  • Fossil remains of members of this family have also been found in Europe in strata of the Oligocene period.

  • From the Oligocene deposits of France and southern England have been obtained numerous remains of opossums referable to the American family Didelphyidae.

  • In this valley were laid down, either in Eocene or Oligocene times, a great series of lake beds and thick accumulations of brown coal.

  • Oligocene Elornis and, allied, Palaelodus.

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