Cenozoic

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The Cenozoic is the current geological era, beginning about 66 million years ago, characterized by the rise and diversification of mammals and birds and the formation of many modern mountain ranges and continents.

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Generate an image of the Cenozoic (The Cenozoic is the current geological era, beginning about 66 million years ago, characterized by the rise and diversification of mammals and birds and the formation of many modern mountain ranges and continents.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf eonothem/era in the geologic time scale ⓘ
geological era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Age of Mammals ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
characterizedBy cooling climate ⓘ
development of modern ecosystems ⓘ
diversification of birds ⓘ
diversification of mammals ⓘ
formation of many modern mountain ranges ⓘ
formation of modern continents ⓘ
rise of birds ⓘ
rise of mammals ⓘ
climateTrend development of polar ice sheets ⓘ
overall long-term cooling ⓘ
contains Anthropocene (proposed epoch) ⓘ
linked to: Anthropocene

Eocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene

Holocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene

Miocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Neogene

Oligocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene

Paleocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene

Pleistocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch

Pliocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Pliocene epoch
dominantFlyingVertebrates birds ⓘ
dominantTerrestrialVertebrates mammals ⓘ
durationApprox 66 million years to present ⓘ
follows Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
includesEvent Alpine orogeny ⓘ
Andean orogeny ⓘ
Cenozoic glaciations ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
Pleistocene ice ages ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch

closure of the Tethys Ocean ⓘ
evolution of hominins ⓘ
expansion of grasslands ⓘ
formation of the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
opening of the Atlantic Ocean to near-modern configuration ⓘ
origin of the genus Homo ⓘ
marineLifeTrend modernization of marine faunas ⓘ
partOf Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
plantEvolutionTrend radiation of grasses ⓘ
spread of angiosperms ⓘ
plateTectonicsFeature collision of India with Asia ⓘ
continued breakup and dispersal of Gondwana fragments ⓘ
uplift of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
precededBy Mesozoic Era ⓘ
startEvent Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event ⓘ
startsAt 66 million years ago ⓘ
subdividedInto Neogene Period ⓘ
linked to: Neogene

Paleogene Period ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene

Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary period

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Atlas Mountains → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Pliocene epoch → partOf → Neogene period ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Pliocene epoch → subdivisionOf → Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Aleutian Arc → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Baja California Peninsula ranges → formedDuring → Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary → marksBeginningOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Paleogene → partOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Paleogene → era → Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic Era → followedBy → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Scotia Ridge → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Gakkel Ridge → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Phanerozoic Eon → contains → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Phanerozoic Eon → latestEra → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Tien Shan → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Holocene → isPartOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Alps → geologicalPeriod → Cenozoic ⓘ
Cenozoic → alsoKnownAs → Age of Mammals ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Farallon Plate → timeActive → Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Farallon Plate → largelySubductedBy → Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Curicó Basin → formedDuring → Cenozoic ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → partOf → Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Ligurian Alps → geologicalEra → Cenozoic ⓘ
Quaternary period → partOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Java Trench → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
International Chronostratigraphic Chart → includes → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
McPherson Range → geologicalEra → Cenozoic ⓘ
Neoaves → temporalRange → Cenozoic ⓘ
Ryukyu Trench → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Eocene–Oligocene climate transition → partOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
Manila Trench → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Izu–Bonin Arc → geologicalAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Aquitaine Basin → geologicAge → Cenozoic ⓘ
Neogene → partOf → Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic