BioConcepts

cainozoickänozoisch (ger.)

• Of or pertaining to the third of the great geological periods (also called TERTIARY), or to the remains or formations characteristic of it. (OED 2012)
  category fossil see also mesozoic palaeozoic

  1841

  Cainozoic strata

  [Phillips, J.] (1841). Saliferous System. The Penny Cyclopædia, vol. 20, 354-355: 355; id. (1841). Figures and Descriptions of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Cornwell, Devon, and West Somerset: 161; id. (1854). A Guide to Geology: 162.

  1851

  The geological formations have sometimes been grouped and classified, in accordance with the predominant types of animals and vegetables which lived at the time of their depositions. The periods have accordingly been designated as- protozoic (protos, first; and zoe, life;) the period in which are found the first forms of animated existence; mesozoic (mesos, middle; and zoe, life;) the period of intermediate forms of life; and cainozoic (kainos, new; and zoe, life;) the period of most recent living forms.

  John, S. (1851). Elements of Geology: 127.

  1854

  We are accustomed to group all geological epochs under three great sections, the Palæozoic, or oldest, the Mesozoic or middle, and the Cainozoic, more commonly termed Tertiary, or newest

  Forbes, E. (1854). On the manifestation of polarity in the distribution of organized beings in time. Notes Proc. Roy. Inst. Great Britain 1, 428-433: 430.

  1854

  Cainozoic Period (Recent Life)

  Page, D. (1854). Introductory Text-book of Geology: 39.

  1857

  Fossiliferous, or Sedimentary, rocks are divided into three great series,-

  The Palæozoic (most ancient forms of life), or Primary.

  The Mesozoic (middle life period), or Secundary.

  The Neozoic or Cainozoic (more recent forms of life), or Tertiary.

  Haydn, J.T. (1841/57). Dictionary of Dates: 289.