Tertiary+Period


 * Time Span:** 65 million to 2.6 million years ago.

The Tertiary Period is made up of **5 epochs**:
 * **The Paleocene Epoch** - 65 to 54 million years ago
 * Earth's pole were temperate, as well as most continents.
 * **The Eocene Epoch** - 54 to 38 million years ago
 * The planet's temperature begin to rise.
 * **The Oligocene Epoch** - 38 to 24 million years ago
 * Ice covers South Pole but not North Pole, generally warm temperatures.
 * Open grasslands and deserts are common.
 * Mamals grow in size, includes:
 * horses, entelodonts, rhinoceroses, oreodonts, and camels
 * **The Miocene Epoch** - 24 to 5 million years ago
 * Cooler and drier climates lead to weakened forests.
 * Africa pushes into Europe creating alps.
 * Arctic becomes covered in ice.
 * Animals include:
 * Mammals and birds were well-established. Whales, seals, and kelp spread.
 * Large mammals i.e. horses, camels and rhinos.
 * Smaller mammals such as beavers.
 * Diverse amounts of apes and primates appear.
 * **The Pliocene Epoch**- 5 to 1.8 million years ago
 * Climate is similar to today's.
 * Continental movement leaves Earth looking much like it does today.
 * First hominids appear, ancestors of current humans.
 * During the Pliocene epoch climate became cooler and drier, and seasonal, similar to modern climate.


 * Era || Traditional Periods || New Periods || Epochs ||
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 * A** || **Quaternary**
 * Period** || **Neogene**
 * Period** || **Holocene Epoch** ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || **Pleistocene Epoch** ||
 * ^  || **Tertiary**
 * Period** ||^  || **Pliocene Epoch** ||
 * ^  ||^   || **Miocene Epoch** ||^   ||
 * ^  ||^   || **Paleogene**
 * Period** || **Oligocene Epoch** ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || **Eocene Epoch** ||
 * ^  ||^   ||^   || **Paleocene Epoch** ||


 * __Basic__ __Info:__**
 * The Tertiary Period was apart of the Cenozoic Era.
 * Began with the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event.
 * Caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
 * Evolution of many large mammals.



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