The photos of fossils on the left hand side of the poster are also color-coded and keyed to the geologic ages during which the organisms pictured were present in the state (e. g. the Brontothere and ...

The remains were found in a soil layer dating from the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era. A full-scale excavation began after the lower jaw fossil was discovered on Sept.

In turn, the extinction of the dinosaurs and several other animal groups 65.5 million years ago defines the beginning of the Cenozoic era. We are including several pages with geologic time scale data ...

The fossils at John Day span 40 million years and offer one of the richest evolutionary records of the Cenozoic Era, including prehistoric alligators, bears, dogs, pigs, horses, cougars and even ...

The Palaeontological collections comprise the largest public suite of Finland’s fossils and among others important collection of Cenozoic vertebrates. The Palaeontological collections currently ...

3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and giant marine reptiles were conspicuously absent from the face of the Earth. Rodent-size ...

Phorusrhacids, as they are known by their scientific name, were meat-eating birds that during the Cenozoic Era were at the ...

We know from the fossil record that rather than dense deciduous woodlands ... When the Cretaceous Period and Mesozoic Era ended 66 million years ago, the Palaeogene Period and the Cenozoic Era began.

The fossil in question dates back to the eocene epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago) of the cenozoic era, confirmed a ...

Understanding ancient ocean temperatures—particularly from the Cenozoic era (the past 66 million years), in which Earth experienced dramatic climate shifts—helps scientists reveal more about ...