Tertiary Period

Here is an overview of the basic information on the Tertiary Period:

-This period took place in the Cenozoic era

- The Tertiary Period was divided into two sub periods that are called Neogene and Paleogene

- The epochs are Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene

- It started about 65 million years ago and ended about 1.6 million years ago

- Life on Earth included:

-Large carnivores

-Abundant grazing mammals

-Earliest grasses

-Large running animals

-Many other modern groups of mammals

-Elephants and horses to be exact

- Some geologic events that occurred are:

-Grasslands

-Warmer Climate

-Global Cooling

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