Cryptozoic

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From crypto- +‎ -zoic, as any life from the period was considered to be hidden from scientific examination.

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Cryptozoic

  1. (archaic, geology) An eon or other time period before the Cambrian, when the fossils of hard-shelled animals first appeared in the geological record.

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