Neozoic (Gr., 'new life'), a term introduced by Edward Forbes to include all the strata from the Trias to the most recent deposits. Few geologists have adopted the term; the systems in question being generally divided into the groups of Secondary or Mesozoic, Tertiary or Cainozoic, and Quaternary or Post-Tertiary.
Neozoic
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 436
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