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Of a geologic era within the Proterozoic eon; comprises the Calymmian, Ectasian and Stennian periods from about 1600 to 900 million years ago, when the Rodinia supercontinent was formed.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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The Mesoproterozoic era.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English Proterozoic English Mesoproterozoic From meso- + Proterozoic.
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