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語源

paleo- +‎ -zoic

発音

• 韻: -əʊɪk

形容詞

Paleozoic (comparative more Paleozoic, superlative most Paleozoic)

1. (geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles.
   • 2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 41:

     ‘Itʼs all Paleozoic rock under our feet, this part of the world: to think of it, laid down five hundred million years before, shrugging its shoulders and bringing down the steeples on the churches!’

固有名詞

Paleozoic

1. (geology) The Paleozoic era.

派生語

• Lower Paleozoic

参考

• Preceded by: Proterozoic
• Succeeded by: Mesozoic
• Palaeophytic
• Appendix:Geologic timescale