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The Pliocene extends from 5.33 to 2.58 million years ago and is the second epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. It follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch, and has two stages: Piacenzian and Zanclean.
Learn about the Pliocene Epoch, the second of two major divisions of the Neogene Period, from 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago. Explore its terrestrial and marine deposits, faunas, floras, and climate changes.
Pliocen (ang. Pliocene z gr. πλεῖον ‘bardziej’ i καινός ‘nowy’) w sensie geochronologicznym: druga epoka neogenu, trwająca około 2,7 miliona lat (od 5,33 do 2,58 mln lat temu). Pliocen jest młodszy od miocenu, a starszy od plejstocenu. Dzieli się na dwa wieki: zankl i piacent.
Learn about the Pliocene, a time of global cooling, drying, and grassland expansion, from 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago. Explore the tectonic and paleoclimate events, the evolution of grazing animals, and the extinction of polar species.
8 sie 2019 · The Pliocene epoch was a period of global cooling and land bridge formation that lasted from 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago. Learn about the mammals, birds, reptiles, and plants that lived during this time and how they adapted to the changing environment.
28 lis 2017 · Learn how Earth's climate was similar to today's 3 million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, when CO2 levels were high and polar regions were warm. Explore how scientists use geologic clues and climate models to understand how the planet responded to past and future warming.
The Pliocene epoch marked the swan song of the phorusrhacids, or “terror birds,” as well as the other large, flightless, predatory birds of South America, which resembled meat-eating dinosaurs that had gone extinct tens of millions of years earlier.
