Paleogene Period: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Palaeogene Period

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Eocene paleogeography

A detailed geologic time scale chart displaying Earth's history from the Hadean Eon over 4.5 billion years ago to the present, organized by eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages with color-coded columns and corresponding dates in millions of years.

Chart showing the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic era on the geologic time scale, listing its epochs-Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene-each divided into stages with corresponding ages in millions of years ago.

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Oligocene Epoch Eocene Epoch Paleocene Epoch Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum early Eocene Epoch late Paleocene Epoch late Eocene Epoch middle Eocene Epoch K–T extinction Condylarthra Tertiary Period Quaternary Neogene Period