Paleogene

Details

Instance of

period, system

Start time

66000000 BCE

End time

23030000 BCE

Part of

Cenozoic, ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale

Has parts

Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene

Follows

Cretaceous

Followed by

Neogene

described by source

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)

different from

Paleocene

IPA transcription

/ˈpeɪli.ədʒiːn/

named by

Moriz Hoernes

replaces

Tertiary

significant event

Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Eocene Thermal Maximum 2

sRGB color hex triplet

FD9A52

topic's main category

Category:Paleogene

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