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91Oligocene Epoch — Major division of the Tertiary Period, from с 33. 7 to 23.8 million years ago. It follows the Eocene Epoch and precedes the Miocene Epoch. The term (from the Greek for few recent forms ) refers to the small number of modern animals that… …
92Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… …
93The Epoch Times — La Grande Époque La Grande Époque (Chinois simplifié: 大纪元; Chinois traditionnel: 大紀元; Pinyin: Dàjìyuán ; Anglais: Epoch Times) est un journal hebdomadaire créé en 2000, à l origine en chinois. Selon le site web en anglais du journal, il est… …
94Paleocene Epoch — or Palaeocene Epoch Earliest division of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 54. 8 million years ago. It precedes the Eocene Epoch and follows the Cretaceous Period. The Paleocene was characterized by a generally warming climate, with little or no… …
95Planck epoch — In physical cosmology, the Planck epoch (or Planck era), named after Max Planck, is the earliest period of time in the history of the universe, from zero to approximately 10 43 seconds (one Planck time), during which quantum effects of gravity… …
96Eocene Epoch — Major division of the Tertiary Period, from 54. 8 to 33.7 million years ago. It follows the Paleocene Epoch and precedes the Oligocene Epoch. The name, derived from the Greek eos ( dawn ), refers to the dawn of recent life; during the Eocene, all …
97Pliocene Epoch — Last and shortest epoch of the Tertiary Period, from с 5. 3 to с 1.8 million years ago. It follows the Miocene Epoch and precedes the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period. Pliocene environments were generally cooler and drier than those of… …
98Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
99Miocene Epoch — Major division of the Tertiary Period, from 23. 8 to 5.3 million years ago. The extensive fossil record of terrestrial life during the Miocene provides a fairly complete picture of the development of vertebrates, especially mammals. Miocene… …
100Inflationary epoch — In physical cosmology the inflationary epoch was the period in the evolution of the early universe when, according to inflation theory, the universe underwent an extremely rapid exponential expansion. This rapid expansion increased the linear… …
