Paleogene

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chronostratigraphic unit geologic period

The Paleogene is a geologic period that marks the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, characterized by the diversification of mammals and birds following the mass extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Paleogene Period 7
Eocene 3
Eocene Epoch 2

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
geologic period ⓘ
abbreviation Pg ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paleogene ⓘ
surface form: Paleogene Period
beginsAfter Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary ⓘ
surface form: Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
characterizedBy cooling trend toward the Oligocene ⓘ
development of modern plant groups ⓘ
diversification of birds ⓘ
diversification of mammals ⓘ
recovery of ecosystems after mass extinction ⓘ
warm global climates in early Paleogene ⓘ
contains Eocene–Oligocene climate transition ⓘ
Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
duration about 43 million years ⓘ
end 23.03 million years ago ⓘ
era Cenozoic ⓘ
follows Cretaceous ⓘ
geologicTimeScaleRank period ⓘ
majorBirdGroups modern bird lineages ⓘ
majorFlora angiosperms ⓘ
grasses (late Paleogene expansion) ⓘ
majorMammalGroups carnivorans ⓘ
early cetaceans ⓘ
primates ⓘ
ungulates ⓘ
marineLife evolution of early whales ⓘ
radiation of modern fish groups ⓘ
partOf Cenozoic ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era
positionInEra first period of the Cenozoic ⓘ
precedes Neogene ⓘ
start 66 million years ago ⓘ
subdividedInto Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eocene

Oligocene ⓘ
Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paleocene
tectonicEvents continued breakup of Gondwana ⓘ
uplift of the Alps and Himalayas (ongoing) ⓘ
usedIn International Commission on Stratigraphy time scale ⓘ

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Paleogene → alsoKnownAs → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
Cenozoic → contains → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleocene Epoch
Cenozoic → contains → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eocene Epoch
Cenozoic → contains → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oligocene Epoch
Paleogene → contains → Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Phanerozoic Eon → contains → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
Andean orogeny → continuedDuring → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleogene period
Tylopoda → firstAppearance → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eocene
Cretaceous → followedBy → Paleogene ⓘ
Neogene → follows → Paleogene ⓘ
London Basin → geologicalPeriod → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleocene
this entity surface form: Eocene
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
this entity surface form: Eocene Epoch
Himalayan orogeny → startTime → Paleogene ⓘ
Cenozoic → subdividedInto → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period
Paleogene → subdividedInto → Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleocene
Paleogene → subdividedInto → Paleogene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eocene
Cretaceous → succeededBy → Paleogene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleogene Period