Paleogene

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1. Paleogene - Adjective

2. Paleogene - Proper noun

Meaning

Paleogene (not comparable)

(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.

Paleogene

(geology) The Paleogene period.

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Between the Paleogene and the Neogene is when today's beetles developed. Source: Internet

For example, volcanic rock from the Paleogene and Neogene periods (66 million - 2.6 million years ago) occurs in the San Juan Mountains and in other areas. Source: Internet

Paleogene main The Paleogene spans from the extinction of the dinosaurs, some 65 million years ago, to the dawn of the Neogene twenty three million years ago. Source: Internet

Paleogene The Paleogene spans from the extinction of the dinosaurs, some 66 million years ago, to the dawn of the Neogene twenty three million years ago. Source: Internet

Maastrichtian record of neornithine birds in Antarctica: comments on a Late Cretaceous radiation However, more complete remains of undisputed charadriiforms are known only from the mid- Paleogene onwards. Source: Internet

Distribution and the basal fossil Certhiops indicates the Certhioidea probably originated around the end of the Paleogene somewhere around the North Atlantic. Source: Internet

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