the oligocene epoch

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Definition of the oligocene epoch in English English dictionary: Oligocene
Oligocene Epoch: 7 to 23.8 million years ago. It follows the Eocene Epoch and precedes the Miocene Epoch. The term (from the Greek for "few recent forms") refers to the small number of modern animals that originated during this epoch. Oligocene climates appear to have been temperate, and many regions were nearly tropical. Grasslands expanded, and forested regions dwindled. The vertebrates of the northern continents had an essentially modern aspect that is a result less of the appearance of new forms than of the extinction of archaic vertebrates at the close of the Eocene
Oligocene Epoch: Major division of the Tertiary Period, from
Oligocene Epoch: {i} (Geology) epoch in the Tertiary period characterized by the presence of saber-toothed cats

the oligocene epoch

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the Ol·i·go·cene ep·och

dhi älıgōsin ipık

/ᴛʜē ˈäləgōˌsēn ˈēpək/ /ðiː ˈɑːləɡoʊˌsiːn ˈiːpək/

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