What caused the Neogene Period to start?

The Neogene Period started with the replacement of vast areas of forest by grasslands and savannahs. New food sources and niches on the grasslands and savannahs fostered further evolution of mammals and birds. Whales diversified in the seas, and sharks reached their largest size during the Miocene.

What is the difference between the Paleogene and Neogene periods?

During the Paleogene period, most of the Earth’s climate was tropical. The Neogene period saw a drastic cooling, which continued into the Pleistocene epoch of the Quaternary period. As for the changing landscape, the continents drifted apart during the Paleogene period, creating vast stretches of oceans.

What is Paleogene Period known for?

The Paleogene is most notable for being the time during which mammals diversified from relatively small, simple forms into a large group of diverse animals in the wake of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that ended the preceding Cretaceous Period.

How did the Cretaceous Period affect the tertiary Period?

The Tertiary Period began abruptly when a meteorite slammed into the earth, leading to a mass extinction that wiped out about 75 percent of all species on Earth, ending the reptile-dominant Cretaceous Period and Mesozoic Era. This event formed the Cretaceous-Tertiary, or K-T, boundary.

How long was the Neogene period?

Neogene Period—23.0 to 2.58 MYA.

How long is the Neogene period?

What ended Paleogene Period?

23.03 million years ago
Paleogene/Ended

What plants lived in the Tertiary Period?

The Paleocene epoch marks the beginning of the Cenozoic era and the Tertiary period. Dense forests grow in the warm, damp, and temperate climate. Ferns, horsetails, and shrubby flowering plants make up the underbrush, while sequoias, pines, and palms grow tall, some to towering heights.

What started the Tertiary period?

65 million years ago
Tertiary/Began

What ended the Neogene period?

2.58 million years ago
Neogene/Ended

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