Paleogene graphical timeline

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Neogene

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Danian

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First Antarctic permanent ice-sheets^[1]

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K-Pg mass
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Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as of 2021.^[2]
Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago

References

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