Associations to the word «Paleozoic»
Noun
- Triassic
- Mollusc
- Cretaceous
- Uplift
- Fossil
- Sediment
- Limestone
- Extinction
- Coral
- Era
- Basement
- Geologist
- Granite
- Reptile
- Basin
- Continent
- Rock
- Fauna
- Continental
- Formation
- Diversity
- Shell
- Period
- Mountain
- Plate
- Suture
- Ma
- Paleontology
- Ocean
- Carbonate
- Stratum
- Shale
- Zone
- Outcrop
- Sea
- Sandstone
- Fish
- Amphibian
- Superfamily
- Karst
- Gastropod
- Massif
- America
- Epoch
- Seawater
- Assemblage
- Taxonomy
- Rift
- Vertebrate
- Deposition
- Basalt
- Collision
- Deposit
- Geology
- Erosion
- Record
- Isotope
- Plateau
- Invertebrate
- Ural
- Treatise
- Deformation
- Breakup
- Crust
- Complexity
- Earth
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PALEOZOIC, adjective. (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.
PALEOZOIC, proper noun. (geology) The Paleozoic era.
Dictionary definition
PALEOZOIC, noun. From 544 million to about 230 million years ago.
PALEOZOIC, adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era.
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