The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about 23.04 to 5.333 million years ago. The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell and comes from Ancien
Subdivisions of the Miocene
The Mediterranean during the Late Miocene
Restoration of the volcanic eruption in Harney Basin, of the western US, represented by the Rattlesnake Formation
The dragon blood tree is considered a remnant of the Mio-Pliocene Laurasian subtropical forests that are now almost extinct in North Africa.
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago. It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era.
Subdivisions of the Eocene
Eocene vegetation of the Clarno Nut Beds in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument was humid subtropical forest vegetation of high diversity dominated by angiosperms.
Nuphar seeds, Nymphaeaceae, Ypresian
Mastixia tree seed, Nyssaceae, London Clay