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Paleogene animals of Oceania (7 C) Paleogene animals of South America (7 C, 2 P) E. Eocene animals (8 C, 7 P) I. Paleogene invertebrates (8 C, 1 P) O. Oligocene ...
Animals of the Paleocene Epoch – during the Early/Lower Paleogene Period Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total ...
The Paleogene Period (IPA: / ˈ p eɪ l i. ə dʒ iː n,-l i. oʊ-, ˈ p æ l i-/ PAY-lee-ə-jeen, -lee-oh-, PAL-ee-; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period 23.03 Ma.
Mammals of the Paleocene Epoch during the Paleogene Period. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Paleocene ...
It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek παλαιός palaiós meaning "old" and the Eocene Epoch (which succeeds the Paleocene), translating to "the old part of the Eocene". The epoch is bracketed by two major events in Earth's history.
It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name Eocene comes from the Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, "Dawn") and καινός (kainós, "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. [7] [8]
Animals of the Oligocene, during the Late/Upper Paleogene Period Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ... Oligocene animals ...
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, [a] also known as the K–T extinction, [b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [2] [3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.