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Phanerozoic

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Noun

1. phanerozoic, phanerozoic aeon, phanerozoic eon

the period from about 5,400 million years ago until the present

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Phanerozoic

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is abundant, comprising the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras
noun
2.  the Phanerozoic

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Phanerozoic

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adjective
[sometimes p-]
designating or of the geologic eon usually subdivided into the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras

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Phanerozoic

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adj.
Of, relating to, or being the geologic time period from approximately 542 million years ago to the present, comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras, and marked by an abundance of fossil evidence of life, especially higher forms, in the corresponding rocks. See Table at geologic time.
n.
The Phanerozoic Eon.

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