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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Neogene The second period of the Cenozoic Era, comprising the Pliocene and Pleistocene Epochs, and lasting from 23.03 Ma ago to 1.81 Ma.

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