[I]n a final sentence he expressed his conviction that his opponents "did not in truth represent the thought of the twentieth century, but might rather be regarded as mental fossils dug from some early Pliocene horizon ".
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Pliocene
/ˈplaɪəsiːn/
Synonyms for "pliocene" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
late neogene epochpliocene epoch
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5 entriesgeologic epochgeologic time periodgeologic time unitgeologic unitstratigraphic unit
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8 entriesPiacenzianPliocene bedPliocene faunaPliocene floraPliocene horizonPliocene layerPliocene sedimentsZanclean
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9 entriesPliocene climatePliocene epochPliocene faunaPliocene floraPliocene fossil recordPliocene horizonPliocene sedimentsPliocene stratigraphylate Pliocene
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