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AGE OF REPTILES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From 230 million to 63 million years ago
Synonyms:
Age of Reptiles; Mesozoic; Mesozoic era
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
era; geological era (a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods)
Meronyms (parts of "Age of Reptiles"):
Cretaceous; Cretaceous period (from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants)
Jurassic; Jurassic period (from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers)
Triassic; Triassic period (from 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity)
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