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    The Paleogene Period (IPA: /ˈpeɪli.ədʒiːn, -li.oʊ-, ˈpæli-/ PAY-lee-ə-jeen, -⁠lee-oh-, PAL-ee-; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period...
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    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, formerly known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary, is a geological signature, usually a thin band of...
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    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the K–T extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal...
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  • Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur les mollusques gastéropodes du Paléogène de France et description d'espèces nouvelles. Partie 3. Conoidea. Xenophora...
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  • The Mammal Paleogene zones or MP zones are a system of biostratigraphic zones in the stratigraphic record used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities...
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  • The climate across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg or formerly the K–T boundary) is very important to geologic time as it marks a catastrophic...
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    The Mid-Tertiary ignimbrite flare-up, was a dramatic period of volcanic eruptions in mid-Cenozoic time, approximately 25–40 million years ago, centered...
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    Cretaceous—Paleogene (or K-Pg) extinction event by many researchers. Non-avian dinosaur fossils are found only below the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and...
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    Texas along the Gulf coast. East Texas outcrops consist of Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments which contain important deposits of Eocene lignite. The Mississippian...
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    Cretaceous of the Antarctic Peninsula) have been described. During the early Paleogene, Antarctica remained connected to South America as well as to southeastern...
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    "Big Five" extinction events in Earth's history, only the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event had occurred while angiosperms dominated plant life on...
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    position of the genus Euronyctibius (Aves, Caprimulgiformes) from the paleogene of the Phosphorites du Quercy, France". Paleontological Journal. 47 (2013):...
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    period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period 23.04 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary...
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    old, a living fossil, having apparently diverged before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event — the relative Vegavis iaai lived some 68-67 million...
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    Chicxulub crater (category Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary)
    surrounding areas. The date of the impact coincides with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (commonly known as the K–Pg or K–T boundary). It is now widely...
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    groups. The Cretaceous (along with the Mesozoic) ended with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a large mass extinction in which many groups, including...
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    Cenozoic (section Paleogene)
    the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. The Cenozoic started with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, when many species, including the non-avian dinosaurs...
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    consensus is that the Chicxulub impactor was responsible for the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Although Mexico is large (a little over 2,000 mi (3...
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    Neogene (2.58–23.0 Ma) Pliocene (2.59–5.33 Ma) Miocene (5.33–23.0 Ma) Paleogene (23.0–66.0 Ma) Oligocene (23.0–33.9 Ma) Eocene (33.9–56.0 Ma) Paleocene...
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  • began with the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start of the Cenozoic Era, and extended to the...
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  • Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur les mollusques gastropodes du Paléogène de France et description d'espèces nouvelles. Partie 1 : Vetigastropoda...
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    was preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian (part of the Paleogene and Paleocene). It is named after the city of Maastricht, the capital...
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    animals die; end of Paleozoic and beginning of Mesozoic 66 Ma: Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction – Dinosaurs die; end of Mesozoic and beginning of Cenozoic...
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    outcompeted during the Paleogene by newly-arriving lineages. However, plants and invertebrate fauna were less affected. During the Paleogene, dispersing tetrapod...
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  • The Sub-Paleogene surface is an ancient erosion surface that exists in southern England. In parts the Sub-Paleogene surface appear as tilted plain and...
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  • a band made up of UK Members of Parliament Mammal Paleogene zone 4, a division of the Paleogene period McLaren MP4/1, the McLaren team's Formula One...
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  • παλαιός (palaiós) paleo diet, paleobiology, paleobotanic, Paleocene, Paleogene, Paleolithic, paleology, paleomagnetism, paleontology, paleopolyploidy...
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    Faroe Islands (category Paleogene volcanism)
    that was part of the great North Atlantic Igneous Province during the Paleogene period. The lavas erupted during the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean...
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    rocks from the Earth's mantle protruding through the crust. During the paleogene period (about 50 mya), the Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate...
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    dominated the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. After the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago killed off the non-avian dinosaurs...
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