Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic Era - ESF. REVIEW II. GEOLOGICAL TIME, PLATE TECTONICS AND...
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I. REVIEW II. GEOLOGICAL TIME, PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE A. Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic Era B. Importance of Plate Tectonics C. Climate Change D. Extinctions, Climate and World Ecosystems III. MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION DURING THE CENOZOIC A. Late Paleocene to End- Eocene ( 35 mybp) B. Late Eocene to End-Oligocene ( 23 mybp) C. Miocene to End-Pliocene ( 2 mybp) IV. OVERVIEW OF MAMMALIAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION DURING THE CENOZOIC A. Review of Evolutionary Themes B. Climate Change C. Pleistocene Megafauna D. Biotic Interchange E. Extinctions and the Parable of the Woolly Mammoth Periods and Epochs of the Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic Era Cenozoic Era 65 65 57 57 35 35 23 23 5 2 Paleocene Paleocene Eocene Eocene Oligocene Oligocene Miocene Miocene Pliocene Pliocene Pleistocene Pleistocene Paleogene Period Paleogene Period Neogene Period Neogene Period 10,000 Years BP MYBP MYBP 65 65 57 57 35 35 23 23 5 2 Paleocene Paleocene Eocene Eocene Oligocene Oligocene Miocene Miocene Pliocene Pliocene Pleistocene Pleistocene Paleogene Period Paleogene Period Neogene Period Neogene Period 10,000 Years BP MYBP MYBP Geographic Expansion of Mammalia - Mesozoic Geographic Expansion of Mammalia - Mesozoic
Transcript of Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic Era - ESF. REVIEW II. GEOLOGICAL TIME, PLATE TECTONICS AND...
I. REVIEWII. GEOLOGICAL TIME, PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
A. Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic EraB. Importance of Plate TectonicsC. Climate ChangeD. Extinctions, Climate and World Ecosystems
III. MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION DURING THE CENOZOICA. Late Paleocene to End- Eocene ( 35 mybp)B. Late Eocene to End-Oligocene ( 23 mybp)C. Miocene to End-Pliocene ( 2 mybp)
IV. OVERVIEW OF MAMMALIAN DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION DURING THE CENOZOIC
A. Review of Evolutionary ThemesB. Climate ChangeC. Pleistocene MegafaunaD. Biotic InterchangeE. Extinctions and the Parable of the Woolly Mammoth
Periods and Epochs of the Periods and Epochs of the Cenozoic EraCenozoic Era
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Biome Shifts During the Cenozoic
