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Early cenozoic era: Tertiary period
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Ocean
- Continents separated and formed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, making different marine species.
- Sea levels dropped while the mountains rose.
Fauna
Ocean Life
http://worldofprehistory.wikia.com/wiki/Tertiary_life_of_Scandinavia
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- "Age of the Mammals" began
- Modern groups such as horses, human ancestors, elephant ancestors, bears, rodents, insects, and primates evolved
- Marine species: Whales, fish, and dolphins
- Birds evolved: big and small
Wildlife
http://pbvusd.schoolwires.net/Domain/280
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Time-line
http://designeranimals2011.wikispaces.com/Dolphin-Extinct
Works Cited
- Bats, elephant ancestors, whales Eohippus (1st horse) evolved
- Africa crashed into Europe forming the Alps
- Horses, camels, rhinos, beavers, and apes evolved
- "Dawn of Early Life"
- http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/
22-5 mya
55-39 mya
- http://quatr.us/geology/eras/tertiary.htm
Miocene Epoch
Eocene Epoch
s1.1zoom.net/big3/112336628-svetik.jpg
- http://www.skitsap.wednet.edu/cms/lib/WA01000495/Centricity/Domain/1893/PH%20ECS%20C4S6.pdf
Pliocene Epoch
Oligocene Epoch
- http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/cambrian/
Paleocene Epoch
39-22 mya
65-55 mya
5-2 mya
Flora
- First primates
- Arctic ice caps grew and thickened
- India crashes into Asia forming the Himalayas
- Atlantic Ocean formed
geography &
landforms
- Sea levels are low
- First hominids of human ancestors
- Flowering plants thrive
- Bees lived based on pollen (flowers, plants)
- Grasses evolve: A food source for mammals
- Continents separated to form two oceans
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/first-primates.html
- India crashed into Asia: Forming the Himalayas (50 million years ago).
- Africa crashed into Europe: Forming the Alps ( 30 million years ago).
- Continental glacier coverering Antarctica.
- Continents continued to move in its present day positions.
- Earth's climates: Generally warm and mild.
http://www.lowfares.com/blog/2013/04/06/bucket-list-worthy-the-himalayas/
Elm Plant
Continents
http://imgarcade.com/1/early-hominids-lucy/
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/courses/botany_422/Lecture/pdf/TertiaryBiog.pdf
http://www.clemson.edu/public/geomuseum/collections/fossils/plants/elm.html