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Palaeogene

Palaeogene is the alternative spelling of Paleogene.

Meaning of Paleogene

Adjective

Paleogene (not comparable)

  1. Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.

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Words formed from Palaeogene

Questions about Palaeogene

What is Palaeogene the alternative spelling of?
Palaeogene is the alternative spelling of Paleogene.

Words near Palaeogene in the dictionary

  1. palaeoflow
  2. palaeofluid
  3. palaeofluvial
  4. palaeoforest
  5. palaeoforests
  6. Palaeogene
  7. palaeogenetic
  8. palaeogeneticist
  9. palaeogeneticists
  10. palaeogenetics
  11. Palaeogenic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Palaeogene (page history and authors); Paleogene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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