Miocene Epoch | Plants, Animals, & Fossils | Britannica
Oct 25, 2024 · Miocene Epoch, earliest major worldwide division of the Neogene Period (23 million to 2.6 million years ago) that extended from 23 million to 5.3 million years ago, a time when land-dwelling mammals were essentially modern.
Category:Miocene animals - Wikipedia
Category:Miocene animals. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miocene Animalia. Prehistoric animals that lived during the Miocene epoch, of the Neogene Period during the Cenozoic Era. See also the preceding Category:Oligocene animals and the succeeding Category:Pliocene animals.
Miocene - Wikipedia
In the seas of the Miocene, kelp forests made their first appearance and soon became one of Earth's most productive ecosystems. [14] The plants and animals of the Miocene were recognizably modern. Mammals and birds were well established. Whales, pinnipeds, and …
Primate - Evolution, Social Behavior, Adaptations | Britannica
Oct 4, 2024 · The Miocene Epoch (23 million to 5.3 million years ago) is probably the most fruitful for paleoprimatology. During this time, dramatic changes in geomorphology, climate, and vegetation took place. The Miocene was a period of volcanism and mountain building, during which the topography of the modern world was becoming established.
The Miocene Epoch: An Age of Evolution and Environmental Change
Aug 6, 2023 · The Miocene epoch, a significant period in Earth's history, extended from about 23 million to 5.3 million years ago. Characterized by drastic climate changes, the rise of new mammalian species, and the formation of new landscapes, the Miocene has left an indelible imprint on the planet.
Miocene Epoch - Paleontology World
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about 23.03 to 5.333 million years ago (Ma). The Miocene was named by Sir Charles Lyell.
The early Miocene Epoch (23.3-16.3 million years ago)
Many less familiar animals also lived in Australia during the Miocene such as, marsupial lions, flesh-eating kangaroos, cleaver-headed crocodiles, thunder birds, horned turtles and strange 'thingodontans'.
Miocene | Perissodactyl - American Museum of Natural History
The Miocene was a long-lasting epoch in which the earth's climate rebounded from the cooling of the Oligocene and there was a marked increase in both global temperatures and the total number of mammal species. Though warmer than the Oligocene, the polar ice caps remained in place.
Miocene Epoch - Geology Page
May 5, 2014 · During the later Miocene mammals were more modern, with easily recognizable dogs, bears, raccoons, horses, beaver, deer, camels, and whales, along with now extinct groups like borophagine dogs, gomphotheres, three-toed horses, and semi-aquatic and hornless rhinos like Teleoceras and Aphelops.
Palaeos Cenozoic: Miocene: The Miocene Epoch
The Miocene or "less recent" is so called because it contains fewer modern animals than the following, Pliocene, epoch. The Miocene lasted from 18 million years, making it the longest epoch of the Cenozoic era.