Eocene
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From eo- + -cene. From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + καινός (kainós, “new”) and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈiːəsiːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]Eocene (comparative more Eocene, superlative most Eocene)
Translations
[edit]of the Eocene epoch
Proper noun
[edit]Eocene
- (geology) the Eocene epoch
Translations
[edit]Eocene epoch
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Charles Lyell (1833) Principles of Geology, volume III, book IV, page 392
Further reading
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