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IPA transcription: ['maɪə,sin]
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Noun
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from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
Usage examples
- The final uplift and arching of the plateau was completed in the Miocene.
- The family became relatively diverse during the Miocene, with many new species appearing.
- The family became relatively diverse during the Miocene, with many new species appearing.
- Shells of "E. gardnerae" are found in Miocene-aged marine strata of Maryland and Virginia.
- The mountains were formed in the Miocene and the Pliocene during the Alpine orogeny.
- The nominated age for the carrying strata was late Miocene to lower Pliocene.
- It was formed during the Miocene epoch.
- He used Greek names: Eocene, Miocene, Older Pliocene and Newer Pliocene.
- Fossils belonging to the genus date back to the late Miocene of Africa.
- "Crax" curassows probably originated as a distinct lineage during the Late Miocene.