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During the Tertiary period, which lasted from about 66 million to 2.6 million years ago, the continents were already in positions similar to today but with some differences. For example, North America and Eurasia were connected via the Bering land bridge, and South America was still drifting towards its collision with North America. Antarctica was largely ice-free, while Australia was closer to Antarctica.
Shaped and positioned similarly to continents today
AsiaAfricaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAntarcticaEuropeAustralia
AsiaAfricaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAntarcticaEuropeAustralia
In the distant past, the continents were arranged in a supercontinent called Pangaea. Over millions of years, Pangaea broke apart into smaller landmasses which eventually drifted to their current positions due to plate tectonics.
Asia is the largest continent in terms of both land area and population.
Shaped and positioned similarly to continents today
The continents were arranged exactly as they are today, with the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia... The Quaternary period is modern time.
It was very watery and all the continents were altogether as one land.A huge waste land
All mammals present today are example of tertiary period mammals as we are living in tertiary period .
It was very watery and all the continents were altogether as one land.A huge waste land
CenozoicOf, belonging to, or designating the latest era of geologic time, which includes the Tertiary Period and the Quaternary Period and is characterized by the formation of modern continents, glaciation, and the diversification of mammals, birds, and plants.Source: Answers.com
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.
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).
The k-t extinction was ~65million years ago and marks the transition from the Cretaceous to the Tertiary period.
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