Definitions for Paleocene

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Paleocene Pa·le·o·cene

Spelling: [pey-lee-uh-seen or, esp. British, pal-ee-]

IPA: /ˈpeɪ li əˌsin or, esp. British, ˈpæl i-/

Paleocene is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 279 anagrams from letters in Paleocene (aceeelnop).

Definitions for Paleocene

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.

noun

1. the Paleocene Epoch or Series.

Origin of Paleocene

First recorded in 1875-80; paleo- + -cene

Examples for Paleocene

This collection was obviously of Torrejonian or middle Paleocene age.

Perhaps, this high ratio reflects the imperfectly carnivorous habits of the Paleocene creodonts as a group.

The mammalian faunas of the Paleocene of central Utah, with notes on the geology.

The Oligocene division has been generally accepted as a distinct period, but “Paleocene” is not so widely used.