Phanerozoic
/ˌfænərəˈzəʊɪk/adjective
1- Geology of, relating to, or denoting the aeon covering the whole of time since the beginning of the Cambrian period, and comprising the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras【地质】显生宙的。比较CRYPTOZOIC.
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- as noun the Phanerozoic the Phanerozic aeon or the system of rocks deposited during it.显生宙时期; 显生宙岩石系。
The Phanerozoic began about 570 million years ago, and covers the period in which rocks contain evidence of abundant life in the form of obvious mineralized fossils.
词源
late 19th cent.: from Greek phaneros 'visible, evident' + zōion 'animal' + -IC.