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The Paleocene(65.5 - 55.8Ma) is an epoch in the Paleogene Period(65.5 - 23.3Ma).

It is also the 1st Epoch of the Cenozoic Era(65.5Ma - Now).

It is also in the Phanerozoic Eon(542Ma - Now).

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