Eocene epoch

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Eocene epoch

Second epoch of the Tertiary period of geological time, roughly 56.5–35.5 million years ago. Originally considered the earliest division of the Tertiary, the name means ‘early recent’, referring to the early forms of mammals evolving at the time, following the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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