Tertiary System
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Tertiary System is an older geological term referring to the now-obsolete Tertiary Period, which once denoted a major span of Earth’s Cenozoic era between the Mesozoic and Quaternary.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chronostratigraphic unit
ⓘ
obsolete geological time term ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Cenozoic sedimentary rock record ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra | Cenozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEon | Phanerozoic Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationBasis |
fossil content
ⓘ
lithostratigraphic characteristics ⓘ |
| conceptualOrigin | early development of geologic time scale ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Primary System
ⓘ
Quaternary System ⓘ Secondary System ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Neogene Period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paleogene Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definedRelativeTo |
Mesozoic System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quaternary System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin "tertiarius" meaning "third" ⓘ |
| follows | Mesozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalUsage |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRank | system ⓘ |
| hasTemporalPosition |
after Cretaceous System
ⓘ
before Quaternary Period ⓘ |
| historicallyIncluded |
Eocene Series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miocene Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Oligocene Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Paleocene Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliocene Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| noLongerRecognizedBy |
International Commission on Stratigraphy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Union of Geological Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cenozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Quaternary System ⓘ |
| refersTo | Tertiary Period ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Neogene System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paleogene System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | early geological surveys ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Cenozoic Erathem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supersededInModernTimescale | formal Paleogene and Neogene systems ⓘ |
| terminologyOf |
geologic time scale
ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ |
| timeSpan | early Cenozoic to just before Quaternary ⓘ |
| usedAs | broad grouping of post-Mesozoic strata ⓘ |
| usedBy |
19th-century geologists
ⓘ
early 20th-century geologists ⓘ |
| usedIn | historical geology ⓘ |
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