HyperDic: paleocene_epoch

English > 1 sense of the expression Paleocene epoch:
NOUNtimePaleocene epoch, Paleocenefrom 63 million to 58 million years ago
English > Paleocene epoch: 1 sense > noun 1, time
MeaningFrom 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals.
SynonymPaleocene
Instance ofepochA unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Part ofTertiary, Tertiary periodFrom 63 million to 2 million years ago
Spanishpaleoceno
Catalanpaleocè

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