Cryptozoic
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See also: cryptozoic
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
crypto- + -zoic, as any life from the period was considered to be hidden from scientific examination
Proper noun[edit]
Cryptozoic
- (archaic, geology) An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.
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Cryptozoic
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