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Modern dating techniques have given a range of dates as to when the various geologic time periods have started, as they are listed below: Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene 10,000 years ago Estimated millions of years: Pleistocene 1.9 Tertiary Pliocene 6 Miocene 25 Oligocene 38 Eocene 55 Paleocene 65 Mesozoic Cretaceous 135 Jurassic 200 Triassic 250 Paleozoic Permian 285 Carboniferous (divided into 350 Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods by some in the U.S.) Devonian 410 Silurian 425 Ordovician 500 Cambrian 570 Precambrian Proterozoic 2500 Archeozoic 3800 Azoic 4600
Mesozoic Era
The Eocene Epoch, lasted from 56 to 33.9 million years ago. There is no such thing as the "lower Eocene period"!
Cenozoic * Recent (Holocene) * Pleistocene * Pliocene * Miocene * Oligocene * Eocene * Paleocene Mesozoic Mesozoic * Cretaceous * Jurassic * Triassic Paleozoic * Permian * Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian Mississippian) * Devonian * Silurian * Ordovician * Cambrian Pre-Cambrian You can remember this using the following mnemonic (starting at the bottom) Camels ordinarily sit down carefully perhaps their joints creek probably early oiling will prevent permanent rheumatism. For a more detailed view of this look in the related link below.
The ages of Earth are like several stages of the Earth. If you research about each of the stages I have typed below you may get more information, I recommend Wikipedia (If it has it). It starts like this: Pre-Cambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene. Note: Some of the ages are named after particular places. Other sites might mention some other information or some ages between some of the ones I've given you.
THE ANSWER IS EOCENE
very late cretaceous to eocene
Eocene comes from the Greek words meaning "dawn of the present." It is the age of the first large land mammals.
THE ANSWER IS EOCENE
The Eocene Epoch was the second epoch of the Tertiary Period. During this time, mammals were the dominant form of animal life.
Raymond Sullivan has written: 'A stratigraphic evaluation of the Eocene rocks of southwestern Wyoming' -- subject(s): Eocene, Geology, Stratigraphic Geology
An andrewsarchus is an extinct mammal belonging to the Eocene epoch.