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Eocene

The Eocene (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: /ˈiːəsiːn, ˈiːoʊ-/ EE-ə-seen, EE-oh-) is a geological epoch that began about 56 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the…

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Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Epoch
Lower boundary definition
Strong negative anomaly in δ13C values at the PETM
Lower GSSP ratified
2003
Name formality
Formal
Regional usage
Global (ICS)

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Eocene

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related to Middle Eocene · 48
Eocene → An, Another, Antarctic, Antarctica, Arctic Ocean, Asia, Assuming, At, Australia, Azolla Event, Bartonian, Cenozoic, Compared, Cooling, During, Early, EECO, Fushun Basin, Global, Himalayas
related to Etymology · 28
Eocene → After, Ancient Greek, Austrian, British, Cenozoic, Cenozoic Era, Charles Lyell, Europe, Holocene, ICS, In, International Commission, John Phillips, Miocene, Moritz Hörnes, Neogene, New Pliocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Paleogene
related to Stratigraphy · 26
Eocene → Angoonian, Bartonian, Early Eocene, Early Oligocene, Eocene-Oligocene, Franklinian, Fultonian, Gregory Retallack, Jack Wolfe, King County, Kummerian, Late, Lutetian, Ma, Middle Eocene, Mya, Oligocene, Priabonian Stage, Puget Group, Ravenian
related to Flora · 20
Eocene → Africa, Alaska, Arctic, Central America, China, During, Earth, Ellesmere Island, Europe, Even, Fossils, Greenland, India, North America, Paratropical, Polar, Russia, South America, South-east Asia, Tropical
related to Late Eocene · 20
Eocene → Along, Another, Antarctic, Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Asia, At, Cooling, Drake Passage, During, East Asia, Eocene-Oligocene, For Drake Passage, Ma, MECO, MLEC, Multiple, North Atlantic, Oligocene, Solar, The
related to Early Eocene · 19
Eocene → Arctic Ocean, As, At, Biogenic, During, Earth's, Eocene Epoch, For, Greenhouse, If, Ma, Methane, Most, North Atlantic, Other, PETM, The, This, Water
related to Arthropods · 17
Eocene → Baltic, Baltic Sea, Bembridge Marls, Denmark, England, For, France, Fur Formation, Harpactocarcinus, Insects, Isle, Ostracods, Paris Basin, Platypleurin, Plecia, Several, Wight
related to Climate · 16
Eocene → Antarctic, Because, Cenozoic Era, During, Early Triassic, Earth, Eocene Optimum, Eocene Thermal Maximum, Following, Ma, Oligocene, Paleocene, Permian-Triassic, PETM, The, The Eocene
related to External links · 15
Eocene → CanadaBasilosaurus Primitive Eocene WhalesBasilosaurus, Deep Time, Detailed, Ellesmere Island, Eocene EarthEocene Microfossils, Eocene Epoch, EoceneEocene, ForaminiferaEocene Epoch, Forest Project, In Encyclopædia Britannica, Oligocene FossilsThe UPenn Fossil, PaleoMap ProjectPaleos Eocene, Retrieved, Tertiary Western North AmericaMap, The
related to Palaeogeography and tectonics · 14
Eocene → Antarctic, Antarctica, At, Australia, During, Europe, Greenland, However, Laurasia, Ma, North America, Once, The, When Australia

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EoceneCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
EoceneChronological unitEpoch1.00infobox
EoceneLower boundary definitionStrong negative anomaly in δ13C values at the PETM1.00infobox
EoceneLower boundary GSSPDababiya section, Luxor, Egypt .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-o…1.00infobox
EoceneLower GSSP ratified20031.00infobox
EoceneName formalityFormal1.00infobox
EoceneRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
EoceneStratigraphic unitSeries1.00infobox
EoceneTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
EoceneTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
EoceneUpper boundary definitionLAD of Planktonic Foraminifers Hantkenina and Cribrohantkenina [es]1.00infobox
EoceneUpper boundary GSSPMassignano quarry section, Massignano [sh], Ancona, Italy 43°31′58″N 13°36′04″E / 43.5328°N 13.6011°E / 43.5328; 13.60111.00infobox
EoceneUpper GSSP ratified19921.00infobox
Eoceneis aEocene-Oligocene transition0.90text
Eoceneis adynamic epoch that represents global climatic transitions between two climatic extremes0.90text

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