The Pleistocene is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in
Evolution of temperature in the Post-Glacial period at the very end of the Pleistocene, according to Greenland ice cores
Various schemes for subdividing the Pleistocene
Pleistocene of Northern Spain, including woolly mammoth, cave lions eating a reindeer, horses, and woolly rhinoceros
Pleistocene of South America, including Megatherium and two Glyptodon
The Pliocene is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 million years ago. It is the second and most recent epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene fo
Pleistocene
…Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the…
Some schemes for subdivisions of the Pliocene
The gastropod Oliva sayana, from the Pliocene of Florida
The coral Cladocora from the Pliocene of Cyprus
A gastropod and attached serpulid wormtube from the Pliocene of Cyprus