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Third and current era of the Phanerozoic Eon
The Cenozoic Era (also known as the Caenozoic, Kainozoic, or Neozoic Era; /ˌsiːnəˈzoʊ.ɪk, ˌsɛn-/; SEE-nə-ZOH-ik, SEN-ə-; lit. 'new life') is Earth's current
Cenozoic
Clade of reptiles
historical examples of vertebrate "dragon bones" from China are actually from Cenozoic mammals. However, a village in Henan, central China was reported in 2007
Dinosaur
Mass extinction event about 66 million years ago
Mesozoic era, and logged the beginning of the current geological era, the Cenozoic era. In the geologic record, the K–Pg event is marked by a thin layer of
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
2020 album by The Ocean
Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic is the eighth studio album by German post-metal band the Ocean. It was released on 25 September 2020 and is the second
Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
Phanerozoic_II:_Mesozoic_/_Cenozoic
Group of crustaceans
Hippidae (mole crabs or sand crabs) Paguroidea Lithodidae (king crabs) Late Cenozoic Paguridae Birgus latro (coconut crab) Patagurus rex (other hermit crabs)
Crab
Second geologic period in the Cenozoic Era
the present Quaternary Period 2.58 Ma. It is the second period of the Cenozoic and the eleventh period of the Phanerozoic. The Neogene is sub-divided
Neogene
First period of the Cenozoic Era
beginning of the Neogene Period 23.04 Ma. It is the first period of the Cenozoic Era, the tenth period of the Phanerozoic and is divided into the Paleocene
Paleogene
This list of the Cenozoic life of Washington contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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Ice age of the last 34 million years, in particular in Antarctica
The Late Cenozoic Ice Age, or Antarctic Glaciation, began around 33.9 million years ago at the Eocene-Oligocene Boundary and is ongoing. It is Earth's
Late_Cenozoic_Ice_Age
Second era of the Phanerozoic Eon
eras since complex life evolved: the Paleozoic, the Mesozoic, and the Cenozoic. The Mesozoic is commonly known as the Age of the Dinosaurs because the
Mesozoic
Second epoch of the Paleogene Period
ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The end point of the Eocene is the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT)
Eocene
Third and current period of the Cenozoic Era, from 2.58 million years ago to the present
KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy
Quaternary
Increase in biodiversity since the Permian extinction
The Mesozoic–Cenozoic Radiation is the third major extended increase of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic, after the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician
Mesozoic–Cenozoic_radiation
The Cenozoic Research Laboratory (Chinese: 新生代地质与环境研究室) of the Geological Survey of China was established within the Peking Union Medical College in 1928
Cenozoic_Research_Laboratory
Geological rifts by the Alps
The European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS) is a 1,100 km (680 mi) long system of rifts formed in the foreland of the Alps as the lithosphere responded to
European_Cenozoic_Rift_System
Earth's highest mountain
continental crust composed of Archean granulites of the Indian Plate during the Cenozoic collision of India with Asia. Current interpretations argue that the Qomolangma
Mount_Everest
Third epoch of the Paleogene Period
Mesohippus Paraceratherium Paleoparadoxia Protoceras Archaeotherium Janjucetus Cenozoic mammal faunas are often described using biochronological or biostratigraphic
Oligocene
(AFLMA) system is a geologic timescale for African land mammal faunas of the Cenozoic Era. Based on biostratigraphic systems in use for mammal fossils on other
African_land_mammal_age
Global warming about 55 million years ago
proxies for past atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations across the Cenozoic do not agree in absolute terms, all suggest that levels in the early Paleogene
Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum
Paleocene–Eocene_thermal_maximum
Subfamily of prehistoric giraffids
Sivatheriinae is an extinct subfamily of giraffids characterized by their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in
Sivatheriinae
This list of the Cenozoic life of Florida contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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Geologic eon, 4031–2500 million years ago
Paleoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago Etymology Name formality
Archean
German post-metal band
Mesozoic & Cenozoic, which started speculations that it might be a double album. These rumors proved false, and Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic & Cenozoic was released
The_Ocean_(band)
History of Earth 4600–539 million years ago
era of the Phanerozoic Eon Mesozoic – Second era of the Phanerozoic Eon Cenozoic – Third and current era of the Phanerozoic Eon Precambrian Research – Scientific
Precambrian
Extinct genus of bears
Christiane; Marcot, Jonathan; Nugen, Sarah; Valkenburgh, Blaire Van (2024). "Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology"
Huracan_(mammal)
Chronology of the major ice ages of the Earth
glacial periods over the past 3 billion years. The earth is now in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, which began around 33.9 million years ago, when ice began to build
Timeline_of_glaciation
This list of the prehistoric life of Missouri contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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This list of the prehistoric life of Arkansas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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The fossilized remains of various prehistoric life-forms have been reported from within the U.S. state of Indiana. The Paleobiology Database records no
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Chalk headland in East Sussex, England
ago, when the area was under the sea. During the Cenozoic Era, the chalk was uplifted (see Cenozoic Era). When the last ice age ended, sea levels rose
Beachy_Head
This list of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state) contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from
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Group of marsupial mammals
Interchange following the connection of North and South America in the late Cenozoic. The Virginia opossum is the only species found in the United States and
Opossum
Second epoch of the Neogene Period
(Ma). It is the second and most recent epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene
Pliocene
Geological feature in British Columbia, Canada
Hecate Depression. The term Queen Charlotte Basin normally refers to the Cenozoic rocks, but these are underlain by what seems to be a thick Mesozoic succession
Queen_Charlotte_Basin
The geology of Nunavut began to form nearly three billion years ago in the Archean and the territory preserves some of the world's oldest rock units. Archean
Geology_of_Nunavut
American painter (1874–1953)
grasslands that feature in many of his paintings didn't appear until the Cenozoic). Although Knight sometimes made musculoskeletal studies of living animals
Charles_R._Knight
This list of the prehistoric life of Tennessee contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the
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Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
traits. Palæoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic Palæozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Siderian Rhyacian Orosirian Statherian Calymmian Ectasian Stenian Tonian
Protist
This list of the prehistoric life of Iowa contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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The island of Curaçao began to form within the past 145 million years, beginning in the Cretaceous, as part of the Lesser Antilles island arc. Because
Geology_of_Curaçao
2023 British TV series or programme
jungle in the wake of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. In the later Cenozoic, humans evolve as the climate cools, and eventually populate the globe
Earth_(2023_TV_series)
Period of major glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere (115,000–11,700 years ago)
around 33.9 million years ago in the mid-Cenozoic (Eocene–Oligocene extinction event), and the term Late Cenozoic Ice Age is used to include this early phase
Last_Glacial_Period
First epoch of the Paleogene Period
years ago). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós), meaning "old"
Paleocene
This list of the prehistoric life of West Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within
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Brain of birds
The avian brain is the central organ of the nervous system in birds. Birds possess large, complex brains, which process, integrate, and coordinate information
Avian_brain
This list of the prehistoric life of Ohio contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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First-order subdivision of Mesoamerica
pre-existing continental masses [ie North and South America].' Details of the pre-Cenozoic portion of this process (ie 170–67 million years ago), however, are not
Maya_Region
Aquatically secondarily adapted reptiles
Cretaceous period, but some still existed during the Cenozoic, most importantly the sea turtles. Other Cenozoic marine reptiles included the bothremydids, palaeophiid
Marine_reptile
Low-lying basin filled with Cretaceous to recent sediments
Illinois. The current sedimentary area was formed in the Cretaceous and early Cenozoic by the filling with sediment of a pre-existing basin. An explanation for
Mississippi_embayment
Family of monotremes
Tachyglossidae, or echidnas. Within the Ornithorhynchidae are the main Cenozoic genera Ornithorhynchus and Obdurodon, and several potential stem-genera
Ornithorhynchidae
the Late Mesozoic across the region following the end of the subduction. Cenozoic extension and Rifting of the South China Sea to the north of Borneo during
Geological_history_of_Borneo
1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom
plesiosaurs mainly from the Mesozoic era, and some mammals from the more recent Cenozoic era. The sculptures are notable for representing inaccuracies of early
Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus. Another mass extinction ended the reign of the dinosaurs. The Cenozoic Era began afterward. The inland sea of the Cretaceous gradually vanished
Geological history of North America
Geological_history_of_North_America
This list of the Cenozoic life of Oregon contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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Mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming, United States
entire Black Hills uplift. This core is rimmed by Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks. The stratigraphy of the Black Hills is laid out like
Black_Hills
First age of the Paleocene Epoch
Paleocene Epoch or Series, of the Paleogene Period or System, and of the Cenozoic Era or Erathem. The beginning of the Danian (and the end of the preceding
Danian
heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinental seas and on plains in
Geology_of_Germany
This list of the Cenozoic life of Mississippi contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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This list of the Cenozoic life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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This list of the prehistoric life of Kentucky contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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First era of the Archean Eon
Paleoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago Etymology Name formality
Eoarchean
The Paleobiology Database records no known ocences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama. †Agraulos †Hypagnostus †Hypagnostus mammillatus †Paradoxides †Parcus
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This list of the prehistoric life of Vermont contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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This list of the prehistoric life of Rhode Island contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the
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This list of the prehistoric life of New Jersey contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the
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First age of the Eocene Epoch
Optimum (EECO). The EECO is the longest sustained warming event in the Cenozoic record, lasting about 2–3 million years between 53 and 50 Ma. The interval
Ypresian
Formation of the Alpine mountain ranges of Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa
Alpide orogeny, is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic and the current Cenozoic which has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. The Alpine orogeny
Alpine_orogeny
This list of the prehistoric life of Illinois contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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Baltic Sea Basin Central Lowlands Dnieper–Donets Rift Ebro Basin European Cenozoic Rift System Hellenic Trench Limagne Graben Mezen Basin Molasse Basin Moscow
Geology_of_Ireland
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The geology of Liberia is largely extremely ancient rock formed between 3.5 billion and 539 million years ago in the Archean and the Neoproterozoic, with
Geology_of_Liberia
Ichnogenus of insect trace fossils
Celliforma Temporal range: Cenozoic Scientific classification Ichnofamily: †Celliformidae Ichnogenus: †Celliforma R.W.Br. 1934 Type species †Celliforma
Celliforma
Landform of more than one related volcanic centre
a group of Neogene-age caldera complexes, and most of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks of Nevada, Idaho, and eastern California are also caldera complexes
Complex_volcano
Extinct genus of amphibians
Opisthotriton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamanders that lived in North America between at least the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene. List
Opisthotriton
The geology of Bosnia & Herzegovina is the study of rocks, minerals, water, landforms and geologic history in the country. The oldest rocks exposed at
Geology of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geology_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
This list of the prehistoric life of Maryland contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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Mountain in India
igneous province, it consists of solidified flood basalt dating back to the Cenozoic era. The peak along with the adjoining hills spans alona downward-slanting
Kalsubai
This list of the Cenozoic life of Nebraska contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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This list of the prehistoric life of South Dakota contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the
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Geologic eon, 4567–4031 million years ago
Paleoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago Etymology Synonym(s) Priscoan
Hadean
Extinct species of ocean sunfish
making it among the largest Cenozoic fossil teleosts known. It has been described as "one of the most spectacular Cenozoic teleost fish" in terms of both
Austromola
Sand and gravel fragments accumulation
most of the saprolite mantles of Late Cenozoic age are made up of grus, contrasting with Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic saprolites made up of kaolinitic and
Grus_(geology)
Prehistoric ocean between Gondwana and Laurasia
was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era. It was the predecessor to the modern Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean
Tethys_Ocean
Cenozoic sedimentary basin in south eastern Australia
The Murray Basin is a Cenozoic sedimentary basin in south eastern Australia. The basin is only shallow, but extends into New South Wales, Victoria and
Murray_Basin
Geographical region in South America
Rabassa, Jorge (2008). The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Elsevier. pp. 1–12. The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego
Patagonia
2001 British television documentary series
miniseries Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts explores the life in the Cenozoic era, after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, particularly focusing
Walking_with_Beasts
records no known occurrences of Mesozoic fossils in Maine. This list of the Cenozoic life of Maine contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized
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First epoch of the Neogene Period
typically named according to the International Commission on Stratigraphy: Cenozoic mammal faunas are often described using biochronological or biostratigraphic
Miocene
This list of the Cenozoic life of Maryland contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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Extinct genus of fishes
Lirosceles is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch. Paleontology portal Fish portal Prehistoric
Lirosceles
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal taxa is published by Lamyman et al. (2026). Lu
2026_in_paleontology
Class of animals with milk-producing glands
achieved their modern diversity in the Paleogene and Neogene periods of the Cenozoic era, after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, and have been the dominant
Mammal
This list of the prehistoric life of Delaware contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US
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2023 American documentary series
prey. Despite the success of birds, it's the mammals that dominate the Cenozoic, as shown by a Smilodon killing a terror bird. In live-action segments
Life_on_Our_Planet
throughout the Tertiary to the Atlantic Ocean deep basin during early Cenozoic lowstands. As the Atlantic Ocean has continued its spreading to modern
Tarfaya_Basin
Period of mountain building in North America
Laramide orogeny. As much as 5,000 meters (16,000 ft) of Cretaceous and Cenozoic sediments filled these orogenically defined basins. Deformed Paleocene
Laramide_orogeny
Sedimentary basin located along the coast of southern California
northeastern block contains fine to coarse grained clastic marine rocks of Cenozoic age. Locally, middle Miocene volcanics can be seen as well as Eocene to
Los_Angeles_Basin
Second age of the Oligocene Epoch
Lanphere & Baadsgaard (2001) Wikisource has original works on the topic: Cenozoic#Paleogene Fuchs, T.; 1894: Tertiaerfossilien aus den kohlenführenden Miocaenablagerungen
Chattian
This list of the Cenozoic life of Alabama contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state
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First era of the Phanerozoic Eon
temperate Cenozoic assemblages and 31% of tropical ones. Infaunal animals made up 4% of soft substrate Palaeozoic communities but about 47% of Cenozoic communities
Paleozoic
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