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nouna period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
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noun(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
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nouna unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into agestype of:part of:
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- paleo-amerind a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
- paleogeography the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
- paleo-indian a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
- genus proconsul genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus
- paleo-american a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
- palaeogeography the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs