Paleocene


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Pa·le·o·cene

(pā′lē-ə-sēn′)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being the epoch of geologic time from 66 to 56 million years ago, the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period. It is characterized by the formation of the Rocky Mountains and by the appearance of placental mammals. See Table at geologic time.
n.
The Paleocene Epoch.
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paleocene

(ˈpælɪəʊˌsiːn)
adj
(Geological Science) a variant spelling of Palaeocene
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Pa•le•o•cene

(ˈpeɪ li əˌsin; esp. Brit. ˈpæl i-)

adj.
1. noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 million to 55 million years ago, a time of mammalian proliferation.
n.
2. the Paleocene Epoch or Series.
[1875–80]
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Pa·le·o·cene

(pā′lē-ə-sēn′)
The earliest epoch of the Tertiary Period, from about 65 to 58 million years ago, characterized by the appearance of placental mammals and the formation of the Rocky Mountains and Himalayas. See Chart at geologic time.
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Noun 1. Paleocene - from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
Tertiary, Tertiary period - from 63 million to 2 million years ago
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A nine-meter thick Paleocene paleosol present in the Las Virgenes Sandstone, Santa Monica Mountains, California, probably represents an ancient soil formed in a tropical climate.
Probable laterite in the Paleocene Las Virgenes Sandstone, solstice canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, California. (Abstracts)
During the earliest part of the Paleocene (Danian Age), the Mississippi Embayment extended into southern Illinois.
Paleocene turtles and crocodilians directly above the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary in Pulaski County, Illinois
Historically, the mass extinction caused by a 7-14 [degrees] C increase in ocean temperatures at the end of the Paleocene could have been caused by a one trillion ton release, a fraction of the current stocks.
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THESE STRANGE-LOOKING rocks were formed as water and wind eroded the soft sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone layers that were originally deposited here about 65 million years ago during the Paleocene Epoch.
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Analyses of foraminiferal assemblages contained in eight core samples reveal the paleoenvironmental history of the Paleocene Gulf of Mexico as recorded by the TLM depositional sequence.
Foraminiferal paleoenvironments of Paleocene Wilcox (60 my) Tew Lake Marker
Among the many achievements was a new understanding of the early Cenozoic period of climate change known as the Paleogene era, which is further subdivided into three epochs, the Paleocene (57 to 65 million years ago), Eocene (35 to 57 million years ago), and Oligocene (25 to 35 million years ago).
From the greenhouse to the icehouse: a Southern Ocean perspective of Paleogene climate
With the exception of foraminifera from other Kemp Clay localities and smaller concentrations of abnormal specimens recovered from Texas Turonian, Cenomanian, and Paleocene rocks, abnormal foraminifera from the Brazos Kemp Clay are found in a much greater percentage than I have encountered in other Cretaceous and Tertiary faunas in Texas.
Abnormal terminal Cretaceous foraminifera of east-central Texas
The secondary target in the Paleocene Heimdal Formation was found to be absent.
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