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    Paleocene (redirect from Palaeocene epoch)
    /ˈpæli.əsiːn, -i.oʊ-, ˈpeɪli-/ PAL-ee-ə-seen, -⁠ee-oh-, PAY-lee-), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago...
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    palynofacies characteristics in the latest Palaeocene-earliest Eocene of northeastern India: Biotic response to Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal maxima (PETM) in low...
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    that can be definitively assigned to the Fabaceae appeared in the early Palaeocene (approximately 65 million years ago). Representatives of the 3 sub-families...
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    orogens began to develop. The collision of Adria with Eurasia in the early Palaeocene was followed by a c.10 million year pause in the convergence of Africa...
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    with the Eurasian plate nearly 55 million years ago, towards the end of Palaeocene. This geological region largely includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives...
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    as early as 58 million years ago, in the Thanetian stage of the late Palaeocene epoch. Until around 500,000 years ago, the Thames flowed on its existing...
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    volcanology as a geoscience discipline, and notably the origin of basalt, the Palaeocene rocks of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast were included by the...
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    Ezcurra; Francisco Barrios; María V. Fernandez Blanco (2018). "A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of...
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  • chleuhi, known from the late Palaeocene of Morocco. The other known species are Afrodon germanicus from the late Palaeocene of Germany and France, Afrodon...
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    The geology of Australia includes virtually all known rock types, spanning a geological time period of over 3.8 billion years, including some of the oldest...
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