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It was 66-1.8 millions years ago.
GEOLOGIC EVENTS:
*The rocky mountains and Himlayas form.
* Cotinents cotinue to move into present-day posistions.
* Cotinental glacier covers Antarcica.
DEVELOPMET OF LIFE:
* Flowering Plantss thrive.
* First grasses appear.
* Age of mammals begins.
* Modern Groups such as horses, elephants, bears, rodents, and primates appear.
* Ancestors of humans evole.
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∙ 13y agoThe Tertiary time period lasted from the end of the Mesozoic 65.5 million years ago (mya) until about 2.588 mya at the beginning of the Quaternary. It is divided into two periods. The Paleogene is the first, lasting from 65.5 mya until 23 mya. The second was the Neogene period, which lasted from 23 mya until 2.588 mya.
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∙ 9y agoThe Tertiary period is the beginning of the Cenozoic Era. It began 65 million years ago and ended 1.8 million years ago.
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∙ 12y agoI don't know, I am trying to figure the same thing out for my homework.
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How did the tertiary time period end?
the Apocalypse
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.
Where there people in the cretaceous time?
Early humans first appeared in the tertiary period, a long time after the cretaceous period.
What was the climate like in the tertiary time period?
it was cold it was cold it was cold
What did earths surface look like in the tertiary period?
During the Tertiary Period, the surface of the earth looked much like it does today. It was quite warm with periods of cold much like today.
What is meaning Tertiary Boundary?
A boundary is a borderline, a separation between two things or the edge of something. Tertiary means third. In this case the 'Tertiary Boundary' has a geological meaning. It is an horizon in the Earth's rock sequence that marks the end of the 'Tertiary Period' at the end of the 'Cretaceous' and the begiining of the 'Quaternary Period' - a point in time in Earth's history some 65.5 million years ago. It is also the time when the Dinosaurs became extinct.
What the difference between tertiary and quatarnary?
The Tertiary Period and Quaternary Period are divisions of geologic time. The Tertiary Period occurred first, from 65.5 to 2.6 million years ago, and covers the time period from the extinction of the dinosaurs to the beginning of the Ice Ages. The Quaternary Period occurred from 2,588,000 years ago until today, beginning when glaciation started.
Is the Jurassic period a geologic time that followed the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
No. The Jurassic was in the middle of the dinosaurs' reign on Earth. The time period after the extinction of the dinosaurs is referred to as the Paleogene or the Tertiary.
What were the oxygen levels during the ordovician time period?
I have no idea what the oxygen levels were during the tertiary period!
What were the dominant organisms in the permian period?
dimetrodon was the dominANT SPECIES OF THE permian period
What was the environment like during the tertiary time period?
The environment was covered with trees and grass, and the air was warm and moist.
What is the length in millions of years of the Tertiary period?
The answer is 63.2 million years. Since the Tertiary Period began 65 million years ago and then stoped 1.8 million years ago you have to subtract the 1.8 million from 65 million to get the actual lenght of time.
