tertiary period

1. From 63 million to 2 million years ago (synset 115150049)
   is an instance of: geological period, period - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
   has:

   • pliocene, pliocene epoch - from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
   • miocene, miocene epoch - from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
   • oligocene, oligocene epoch - from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
   • eocene, eocene epoch - from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
   • paleocene, paleocene epoch - from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
   is a part of: age of mammals, cenozoic, cenozoic era - approximately the last 63 million years
   same as: tertiary

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