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During the Cenozoic, mammals proliferated from a few small, simple, generalised forms into a diverse collection of terrestrial, marine, and flying animals, giving this period its other name, the Age of Mammals. The Cenozoic is just as much the age of savannas, the age of co-dependent flowering plants and insects, and the age of birds. [40]
Quetzalcoatlus, one of the largest flying animals to ever live, first appears in the fossil record. c. 66.038 ± 0.011 Ma – Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous Period marks the end of the Mesozoic era and the age of the dinosaurs; start of the Paleogene Period and the current Cenozoic era.
End of Mesozoic era start of the Cenozoic era and the Paleogene period, Paleocene epoch (66–56 Ma) Evidence for grasses in dinosaur dung . Tyrannosaurus rex. Earliest species of Triceratops. Quetzalcoatlus, one of the largest flying animals, appears. Crocodiles. Madagascar breaks away from India. Bolide creates Chicxulub Crater. Deccan Traps.
Prehistoric animals of the Cenozoic Era. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. Cenozoic brachiopods (2 C, 3 P ...
Plant domestication begins with cultivation of Neolithic founder crops. This process of food production, coupled later with the domestication of animals caused a massive increase in human population that has continued to the present. In Jericho (modern Israel), there is a settlement with about 19,000 people.
Life during the Cenozoic Era on Earth, ... Cenozoic animals (7 C, 1 P) C. ... Cenozoic plants (3 C, 6 P) Q. Quaternary life (8 C) T.
Cenozoic animals of the Cenozoic era in North America Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. ... Cenozoic vertebrates of ...
Cenozoic animals of Cenozoic Era Europe. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. ...