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

6565 5757 3535 2323 55 22

PaleocenePaleocene EoceneEocene OligoceneOligocene MioceneMiocene Plioc

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Plioc

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Pleist

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Pleist

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Paleogene PeriodPaleogene Period Neogene PeriodNeogene Period

10,000Years BPMYBPMYBP 6565 5757 3535 2323 55 22

PaleocenePaleocene EoceneEocene OligoceneOligocene MioceneMiocene Plioc

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Plioc

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Pleist

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Pleist

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Paleogene PeriodPaleogene Period Neogene PeriodNeogene Period

10,000Years BPMYBPMYBP

Geographic Expansion of Mammalia - MesozoicGeographic Expansion of Mammalia - Mesozoic

Biome Shifts During the Cenozoic