An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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TERTIARY		Of the third order, generally said of sculpture; see also: PRIMARY; SECONDARY; QUARTERNARY. Also, the geological era extending from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene (about 60 million years duration).

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