(pleistocene)
51Elsterian Glacial Stage — ▪ Pleistocene deposits and time, northern Europe major division of Pleistocene deposits and time in northern Europe (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 2,500,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago). The Elsterian followed the… …
52Плейстоцен — (Pleistocene)Pleistocene, первая из двух эпох, образующих четвертичный период. П. (следуя за плиоценом) предшествует голоцену (современному периоду); он начался ок. 2 млн. и закончился ок. 10 тыс. лет назад. Охватывает весь ледниковый период и… …
53List of fossil birds — Birds are generally believed to have evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that some of the former survived the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction event… …
54Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… …
55Liste des animaux du Cénozoïque — Cette liste répertorie les animaux préhistoriques du Cénozoïque par ordre alphabétique accompagné de leurs époques respectives d apparition. Certaines espèces peuvent figurer deux fois : une fois sous leur nom binomial, et une fois sous leur …
56Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …
57QUATERNAIRE (ÈRE) — Le terme «Quaternaire» a été créé en 1829 par le géologue français Jules Desnoyers. Il s’agit de la période de temps la plus récente et la plus courte de l’échelle géologique. Constituant la dernière époque du Cénozoïque et des temps… …
58Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
59quaternary — /kwot euhr ner ee, kweuh terr neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quaternaries. adj. 1. consisting of four. 2. arranged in fours. 3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present period of earth history, forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era,… …
60GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …
