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post-Pliocene, a. (n.) Geol.|-ˈplaɪəsiːn|
Also -Pleio-.
[f. post- B. 1 b + Pliocene.]
Epithet applied to the lowest division of the Post-tertiary or Quaternary formation, immediately overlying the Pliocene or Upper Tertiary; also to the whole of the formations later than the Pliocene (so = Post-tertiary or Quaternary). Also applied to animals, etc. of this period. Also ellipt. as n. = post-pliocene division or formation.
1841Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 2) I. ix. 212, I have adopted the term Post-Pliocene for those strata which are sometimes called modern, and which are characterized by having all the imbedded fossil shells identical with species now living. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. ii. 51 Post-pliocene flint implements. 1863Q. Rev. CXIV. 410 A cold character of climate appears to have extended through a great part of the post-pliocene period. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. xi. 306 In the post-pliocene of Brazil, remains have been preserved of an extinct ape. 1879Wallace Australasia iv. 64 Recent quaternary or Post-pliocene deposits. |