Pliocene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second and ...
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The Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period: 5.33 to 1.81 million years ago ... The name Pliocene means "more recent", and this was the most recent epoch of Tertiary period, lasting from about 5 to 2 million years ago. Compared to previous epochs this was a relatively brief period, "only" 3 million years.
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A short background. ... A quick background to the Pliocene ... The Pliocene (5.4 - 2.4 million years ago) is the uppermost subdivision of the long Tertiary period which began 64 million years ago; it represents the final stages of a global cooling trend that led up to the Quaternary ice ages.
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The Pliocene is the fifth epoch of the Cenozoic. The epoch started around five million years ago and lasted almost three and a half million years. It is during the Pliocene that the first bipedal ancestors of humans are known to have evolved.
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The cooling and drying trend that began in the Miocene epoch continues in the Pliocene. A shift of the Caribbean tectonic plate eastward creates a land bridge that connects North America with South America.
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During the Pliocene, most landmasses arrived in their present-day positions. The world was also getting a lot colder. Not only had Antarctica grown bigger yet, but an ice cap dominated the northern Arctic, too. This also meant even more invasion of grass.
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Though a relatively short epoch, tremendous events occurred during the Pliocene (Plio - more; cene - recent), such as the development of ice caps, the drying of the Mediterranean, and the joining of the Americas.
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The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic Era . The Pliocene follows the Miocene epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene epoch.The Pliocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell . The name comes from the Greek words pleion (more) and ceno (new) and means roughly "continuation of the recent" and refers ...
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The Pliocene was a time that saw huge invasions of animals from different continents, united by colliding lands. The union of the Americas saw the movement of animals from one continent to another.
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