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PHANEROZOIC EON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed
Synonyms:
Phanerozoic; Phanerozoic aeon; Phanerozoic eon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)
Meronyms (parts of "Phanerozoic eon"):
Age of Mammals; Cenozoic; Cenozoic era (approximately the last 63 million years)
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