Introduction to the Cenozoic 65 Million Years to the Present The Cenozoic is the most recent of the three major subdivisions of animal history. The other two are the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. The Cenozoic spans only about 65 million years, from the end of the Cretaceous and the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs to the present. The Cenozoic is sometimes called the Age of Mammals, because the ...

A lab specializing in the analysis and application of Pleistocene and Holocene insect remains for paleoenvironmental analyses. Located in the Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University ...

A quick background to the Pliocene Jonathan Adams, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Pliocene (5.4 - 2.4 million years ago) is the uppermost subdivision of the long Tertiary period which began 64 million years ago; it represents the final stages of a global cooling trend that led up to the Quaternary ice ages. Generally, the Pliocene world was rather warmer than ...

Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant Chapter 2: THE AGE OF MAMMALS EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS EVOLUTION OF MAMMALS GEOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND EVOLUTION EVOLUTION OF MAMMALS ON DIFFERENT CONTINENTS Mammalian evolution in the Northern hemisphere Mammalian evolution in South America Mammalian evolution in Australia EVOLUTION OF HUMANS HUMANS ENTER THE NEW WORLD Registered ...