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Paleogene animals of North America (10 C, 7 P) Paleogene animals of Oceania (7 C) Paleogene animals of South America (7 C, 2 P) E. Eocene animals (8 C, 7 P) I.
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 23.04 Ma.
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.
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.
Mammals of the Paleocene Epoch during the Paleogene Period. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. Paleocene ...
Pages in category "Paleogene animals of North America" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Cambrian is the first period of the Paleozoic Era and ran from 539 million to 485 million years ago. The Cambrian sparked a rapid expansion in the diversity of animals, in an event known as the Cambrian explosion, during which the greatest number of animal body plans evolved in a single period in