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PHANEROZOIC AEON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phanerozoic aeon mean?
• PHANEROZOIC AEON (noun)
The noun PHANEROZOIC AEON has 1 sense:
1. the period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed
Familiarity information: PHANEROZOIC AEON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Phanerozoic; Phanerozoic aeon; Phanerozoic eon
Instance hypernyms:
aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)
Meronyms (parts of "Phanerozoic aeon"):
Age of Mammals; Cenozoic; Cenozoic era (approximately the last 63 million years)
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