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noun - from 63 million to 58 million years ago
The Paleocene Epoch.
The deposits of the Paleocene Epoch.
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relating to or denoting the earliest epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Cretaceous period and the Eocene epoch. |
from 63 million to 58 million years ago appearance of birds and earliest mammals |
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The Paleocene ( ) or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago. It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. As with many geologic periods, the strata that define the epoch's beginning and end are well identified, but the exact ages remain uncertain. * The Paleocene Epoch is bracketed by two major events in Earth's history. It started with the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous, known as the CretaceousPaleogene (KPg) boundary. This was a time marked by the demise of non-avian dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles and much other fauna and flora. The die-off of the dinosaurs left unfilled ecological niches worldwide. The Paleocene ended with the PaleoceneEocene Thermal Maximum, a geologically brief (~0.2 million year) interval characterized by extreme changes in climate and carbon cycling. * The name "Paleocene" comes from Ancient Greek and refers to the "old(er)" (, palaios) "new" (, kainos) |