pliocene

n.

上新世，上新世的；

1. Molecular phylogenetic studies indicated that genera of Phasianidae originated mainly in Pliocene.
   分子进化的研究表明雉科各属的起源主要集中在上新世。

1. Isn't the mastodon from the Pliocene Epoch?
   乳齿象不是上新世的吗?

Pliocene-Pleistocene stack of globally distributed benthic stable oxygen isotope records
2005 A Pliocene-Pleistocene stack of 57 globally distributed benthic ?18O records. Paleoceanography 20: PA1003
Diversity of atlantic coastal plain mollusks since the pliocene.
Morphology of the Pliocene partial hominid skeleton (A.L. 288‐1) from the Hadar formation, Ethiopia
Ecological and temporal placement of early Pliocene hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia
Astronomic timescale for the Pliocene Atlantic δ18O and dust flux records of Ocean Drilling Program Site 659
Taphonomy and population dynamics of an early Pliocene vertebrate fauna, Knox County, Nebraska
Regional climate shifts caused by gradual global cooling in the Pliocene epoch
High Earth-system climate sensitivity determined from Pliocene carbon dioxide concentrations.
The Geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America