The Pliocene Epoch (5.3-2.6 Million Years Ago) - Paleontology …
The Pliocene was the second epoch of the Neogene period (23-2.6 million years ago), the first being the Miocene (23-5 million years ago); all of these periods and epochs were themselves part of the Cenozoic Era (65 million years ago to the present).
Pliocene Epoch - Geology Page
2014年5月5日 · The Pliocene is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch.
Plio-Pleistocene | Perissodactyl - American Museum of Natural …
Two very important events of the Pliocene are the formation of Arctic ice sheets, heralding the beginning of the ice age, and the emergence of a land bridge between South America and North America, ending the 60-million-year isolation of South America.
Pliocene - New World Encyclopedia
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present. The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era.
Pliocene Epoch - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月18日 · The Pliocene Epoch is the last epoch on the Tertiary Period or, in the alternative, the last epoch in the Neogene Period. The Pliocene Epoch spans the time 5 mya to 2.6 mya. The Pliocene Epoch is further subdivided into Zanclian (5 mya to 3.9 mya) and Placenzian (3.9 mya to 2.6 mya) stages.
The Pliocene Epoch – Fossil Horses - Florida Museum
2019年12月17日 · Though a relatively short epoch, tremendous events occurred during the Pliocene, such as the development of ice caps, the drying of the Mediterranean, and the joining of the Americas. Biogeographically, this epoch is characterized by the …
The amplitude and origin of sea-level variability during the Pliocene ...
2019年10月2日 · Here we show that sea level varied on average by 13 ± 5 metres over glacial–interglacial cycles during the middle-to-late Pliocene (about 3.3–2.5 Ma).
The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on ... - Nature
2017年6月26日 · Here, based on a new analysis of the fossil record, we identify a previously unrecognized extinction event among marine megafauna (mammals, seabirds, turtles and sharks) during this time, with...
Piacenzian Stage | Pliocene Epoch, Climate Change & Marine Life ...
Piacenzian Stage, the uppermost division of Pliocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Piacenzian Age (3.6 million to 2.6 million years ago) of the Neogene Period (the past 23 million years). The Piacenzian Stage is …
Patterns and mechanisms of early Pliocene warmth | Nature
2013年4月3日 · About five to four million years ago, in the early Pliocene epoch, Earth had a warm, temperate climate. The gradual cooling that followed led to the establishment of modern...