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The Paleocene (; symbol Pε ) or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. As with many geologic periods, the strata that define the epoch's beginning and end are well identified, but the exact ages remain uncertain.
The Paleocene Epoch brackets two major events in Earth's history. It started with the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous, known as the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary. This was a time marked by the demise of non-avian dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles and much other fauna and flora. The die-off of the dinosaurs left unfilled ecological niches worldwide. It ended with the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. This was a geologically brief (~0.2 million year) interval characterized by extreme changes in climate and carbon cycling.
The name "Paleocene" comes from Greek and refers to the "old(er)" (, palaios) "new" (, kainos) fauna that arose during the epoch.
Usage examples of "paleocene".
Geological formations, in which the hand- or machine-crafted artifacts were found, date from the Paleocene epoch - 50,000,000 years before man, as we know him, existed.
K-T boundary into the early Paleocene, where their betters could not, and so inherited the Earth?
On the basis of discoveries made by the author in the Barents Sea and Davis Strait, the article discusses the possibility that the radiation resulting from the explosion on impact might explain a series of mutations among marine-based parasites in the early Paleocene periods.
Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, the lower Paleocene was just plain boring.
Regan McKinney would love, something about the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum.
Red Dog, and writing a book about anything concerned with Paleocene Eocene Thermal situations was over-the-edge academic.
Looking up at the ancient impassive faces, Kerans could understand the curious fear they roused, rekindling archaic memories of the terrifying jungles of the Paleocene, when the reptiles had gone down before the emergent mammals, and sense the implacable hatred one zoological class feels towards another that usurps it.
That's one reason I know this is the Paleocene and not the Cretaceous period.