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Q: How was the atmosphere in the tertiary period?
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What were some examples of the mammals of the tertiary period?

All mammals present today are example of tertiary period mammals as we are living in tertiary period .


Why would people to go to the tertiary period?

The "tertiary period" is not a place you can go to. It is a time period - in the remote past of Earth. Since it is in the past, you can't go there.


Did the K-T extinction occur before or during the Tertiary period?

The Tertiary Period (65.5 to 2.588Ma) is the informal name for the geological period that followed the K-T extinction event. So the K-T event happened before the Tertiary. In fact "K-T" is actually short for Cretaceous-Tertiary as it marked the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Tertiary.The lower tertiary is more formally known as the Paleogene Period(65.5 - 23.03 Ma) and the upper Tertiary is more formally known as the Neogene Period(23.03 - 2.588Ma).


Was the k-t extinction in the Tertiary period?

The k-t extinction was ~65million years ago and marks the transition from the Cretaceous to the Tertiary period.


How did earth's environment change from the tertiary period to the Quaternary period?

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How did the earths environment change from the Tertiary period to the Quaternary period?

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How did earths environments change from tertiary period to the quaternary period?

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How did the tertiary time period end?

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What is the last epic in the Tertiary Period?

Pliocene


How where the continents arranged in the tertiary period?

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What is the last epoch in Tertiary period?

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What is tertiary pollution?

Tertiary pollution occurs from damaging emissions being released into the atmosphere. This type of pollution can effect water supplies so tertiary water treatments are often used.