Cenozoic
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The Cenozoic Era is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66 million years of Earth's history. It is characterized by the dominance of mammals, insects, birds and angiosperms. It is th
Rock deposits from the Cenozoic Era (Torre Sant'Andrea, Salento, Italy)
Basilosaurus
Megafauna of Pleistocene Europe (mammoths, cave lions, woolly rhinoceros, reindeer, horses)
Restoration of Palaeotherium, a Paleogene relative of horses that lived in subtropical climates of Europe during the Eocene
Mesozoic
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The Mesozoic Era is an era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about 252 to 66 million years ago, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. It is characterized by the dominance
Cenozoic
…dominance of mammals, insects, birds and angiosperms (flowering plants). It is the latest of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon, preceded by the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. The Cenozoic started with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, when many species, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct…
Plateosaurus (a prosauropod)
Sericipterus
Stegosaurus
Tylosaurus (a mosasaur) hunting Xiphactinus