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Prehistoric plants of the Oligocene Epoch — during the Paleogene Period of the Cenozoic Era Pages in category "Oligocene plants" The following 19 pages are in this ...
The Oligocene (IPA: / ˈ ɒ l ɪ ɡ ə s iː n,-ɡ oʊ-/ OL-ə-gə-seen, -goh-) [4] is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (33.9 ± 0.1 to 23.03 ± 0.05 Ma). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...
The Oligocene Epoch spans from 33.9 million to 23.03 million years ago. The Oligocene featured the expansion of grasslands which had led to many new species to evolve, including the first elephants, cats, dogs, marsupials and many other species still prevalent today. Many other species of plants evolved in this period too.
Skull of Merycoidodon culbertsoni. Most researchers in paleobiology and paleontology now use the antecedent genus Merycoidodon to refer to this Oligocene epoch oreodont, even though it was once widely known by the younger synonym of Oreodon.
Specimens from the Oligocene epoch (34 - 23 mya) can be collected from many scattered sites in east Texas and western Louisiana. Fossils found near fossil palmwood include corals, sponges, and mollusks, indicating that the palms grew along prehistoric beaches. For millions of years, the Gulf Coast shoreline has been moving farther south.
It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed and lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34–23 million years ago). The first fossils were discovered in what is now Pakistan, and remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the Balkans.
Extant biological taxa that first appeared during the Oligocene epoch, of the Early/Lower Paleogene period. Plants and animals first appearing between 33.9 and 23 million years ago in the Oligocene, that have not yet gone extinct
The Oligocene Epoch, the last epoch during the Paleogene Period of the Cenozoic Era. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ...