Definition of Paleozaic
Pa`le*o*zo"ic (?), a. [Paleo- +
Gr. &?; life, fr. &?; to live.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining
to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which
life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and
Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See
Chart of Geology.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (geology) of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon and 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
- (geology) the Paleozoic era
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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