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Paleocene

The Paleocene (.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: /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 Ma…

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Alternate spelling(s)
Palaeocene
Chronological unit
Epoch
First proposed by
Wilhelm Philipp Schimper, 1874
Lower boundary definition
Iridium-enriched layer associated with a major meteorite impact and subsequent K–Pg extinction event
Lower GSSP ratified
1991
Name formality
Formal

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Etymology

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Climate

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Fauna

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Paleocene

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Edges504
Triples405
Avg. degree2
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Paleocene

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related to Etymology · 49
Paleocene → After, Ancient Greek, Austrian, British, By, Cenozoic, Cenozoic Era, Charles Lyell, Earth, Eocene, Europe, French, Geologist, Giovanni Arduino, Holocene, ICS, In, In North America, International Commission, Italian
related to Stratigraphy · 25
Paleocene → Cretaceous, Danian, Danish, Desor, El Haria Formation, El Kef, Faxse, For, Geologists, German-Swiss, Global Boundary Stratotype Section, GSSP, ICS, In, Montian, Pg, Pierre Jean, Point, Selandian, Stages
related to Paleotectonics · 24
Paleocene → Asia, Because, Beringia, Cretaceous, De Geer, During, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Greenland, In, Late Cretaceous, Laurasia, Ma, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Rocky Mountains, Scandinavia, The Laramide, Thulean
related to Paleoceanography · 23
Paleocene → AMOC, Antarctic Peninsula, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Deep, Eocene, In, It, NADW, North Atlantic, North Atlantic Deep Water, North Pacific, North Pole, Northern, South Atlantic, Southern, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Ocean
related to Mineral and hydrocarbon deposits · 22
Paleocene → American, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Cerrejón, Colombia, Eocene, Fort Union Formation, Gulf Coastal Plain, Important, In, Montana, Métlaoui, North Sea, Norway, Paleocene-derived, Powder River Basin, Several, Siberia, Svalbard, Texas, Tunisia
has impact · 21
Paleocene → Atlantic, Canadian Eagle Butte, Connolly Basin, Craters, Greenlandic Hiawatha Glacier, Impact, Isle, Jordan Jabel Waqf, Ma, Mexican Chicxulub, PETM, Pg, Scotland, Silicate, Skye, Suwwan, Texan Marquez, Ukrainian Boltysh, Vanadium-rich, Vista Alegre
related to Birds · 21
Paleocene → According, Almost, Asteriornis, Berruornis, Cretaceous, DNA, France, However, Ma, Neornithes, Ogygoptynx, Pg, Qinornis, Teviornis, The, Their, This, Tsidiiyazhi, United States, Vegavis
related to Reptiles · 21
Paleocene → Contentious, Cretaceous, Eocene, Helagras, Hell Creek Formation, However, In, It, Kawasphenodon, Ma, Maastrichtian, New Zealand, Nonetheless, Only, Paleogene, Pg, Rhynchocephalia, San Juan Basin, South America, That
related to Average climate · 20
Paleocene → Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Canada, China, Cretaceous, Europe, For, Mediterranean Sea, Middle America, North India, Siberia, South America, South India, South-central North America, Svalbard, The, The Paleocene, Transantarctic Mountains, US
related to Polar forests · 19
Paleocene → Alaska, Alaska North Slope, At, Because, Chickaloon Formation, Cretaceous, Deciduousness, Ellesmere Island, In, Metasequoia, Much, North Pole, Nunavut, On, Pacific Northwest, Plant, The, The Iceberg Bay Formation, Whereas

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event extinction eocene pg formation may cretaceous north years late though early ma epoch global species million probably temperature water

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PaleoceneAlternate spelling(s)Palaeocene1.00infobox
PaleoceneChronological unitEpoch1.00infobox
PaleoceneFirst proposed byWilhelm Philipp Schimper, 18741.00infobox
PaleoceneLower boundary definitionIridium-enriched layer associated with a major meteorite impact and subsequent K–Pg extinction event1.00infobox
PaleoceneLower boundary GSSPEl Kef Section, El Kef, Tunisia .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-…1.00infobox
PaleoceneLower GSSP ratified19911.00infobox
PaleoceneName formalityFormal1.00infobox
PaleoceneName ratified19781.00infobox
PaleoceneRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
PaleoceneStratigraphic unitSeries1.00infobox
PaleoceneTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
PaleoceneTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
PaleoceneUpper boundary definitionStrong negative anomaly in δ13C values at the PETM1.00infobox
PaleoceneUpper boundary GSSPDababiya section, Luxor, Egypt 25°30′00″N 32°31′52″E / 25.5000°N 32.5311°E / 25.5000; 32.53111.00infobox
PaleoceneUpper GSSP ratified20031.00infobox

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