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The name Eocene means the "dawn of recent life" Originally the Eocene was the first epoch of the Cenozoic, but then the Paleocene was erected as an earlier epoch.
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www.palaeos.com/Cenozoic/Eocene/Eocene.htm
www.palaeos.com/Cenozoic/Eocene/Eocene.htm
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Large "island continents" were still the norm during the Eocene, but they were breaking up and shifting towards their present positions. Such breakups included South America with North America or Australia with Antarctica. ... Animal Life...
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library.thinkquest.org/20886/eocene.htm
library.thinkquest.org/20886/eocene.htm
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However, because of the undersampled South American plant-fossil record, remarkably little is known about how long this floral richness has existed. ... Highly diverse floras were present in a warm area of South America by the Eocene and were long lived and areally extensive. ... More articles from Life Sciences:
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www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/r...
www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-43158.html
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A geologic timeline. ... Tertiary Period: Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene Epochs ... Amphibians evolve and venture onto land. Plant life, including lowland forests of giant psilophyta plants, develop and spread over the planet.
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www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/mystery/fg_timeline.html
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North America's menagerie changed dramatically during the PETM, yet plant life during the Paleocene and Eocene remained similar. However, a gap in the floral record during the PETM has left open the possibility that a transient greenhouse effect introduced a dramatic but short-lived flux in plant life.
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www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/5553510/War...
www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/5553510/Warm-spell-did-little-for-Eocene-flora
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I'm growing some "living fossils," ginko and metasequoia seedlings, to plant on Earth Day, 22 April 2010, giving the gift of life, a nod to paleontology and a cleaner, kinder atmosphere for all ... These massive flightless birds reached up to 9 feet in height and made a living in the grasslands and swamps of the Eocene...
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fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2009/11/taking-moulds-eocen...
fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2009/11/taking-moulds-eocene-plant-site.html
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Peter Wilf's work as a paleobotanist has taken him far and wide, from the Rocky Mountains to Pakistan, in search of fossil evidence of ancient plant life. But nothing prepared him for what he found during excavations in the Patagonian desert of Argentina ... A fossil of a three-lobed Eocene leaf collecte at Laguna del Hunco.
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www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030407diversity040...
www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20030407diversity0407p3.asp
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The history of the parks' plant life makes for interesting reading. Examination of plant fossils indicates that life began during the Eocene epoch, approximately 58 million years ago, and continued for 25 million years.
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www.frommers.com/destinations/yellowstonenationalpark/0...
www.frommers.com/destinations/yellowstonenationalpark/0809026077.html
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The history of the parks' plant life makes for interesting reading. Examination of plant fossils indicates that life began during the Eocene epoch, approximately 58 million years ago, and continued for 25 million years.
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www.frommers.com/destinations/grandtetonnationalpark/21...
www.frommers.com/destinations/grandtetonnationalpark/2120026077.html
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