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    The Pliocene ( /ˈplaɪ.əsiːn, ˈplaɪ.oʊ-/ PLY-ə-seen, PLY-oh-; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to...
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    Neogene is sub-divided into two epochs, the earlier Miocene and the later Pliocene. Some geologists assert that the Neogene cannot be clearly delineated from...
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  • The Saga of Pliocene Exile (or the Saga of the Exiles) is a series of science / speculative fiction books by Julian May, first published in the early 1980s...
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    plicodenta (Asia, Pliocene) †Ochotona polonica (Europe: Poland, Germany, France, Pliocene) small-sized forms †Ochotona bazarovi (Asia, upper Pliocene) †Ochotona...
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    Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of WC North America) – formerly Miocorax; Nannopterum? Phalacrocorax sp. (Late Miocene/Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, US)...
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    brachydactylus Burchak-Abramovich 1939 (Pliocene of Ukraine) †Struthio chersonensis (Brandt 1873) Lambrecht 1921 (Pliocene of SE Europe to WC Asia) – oospecies...
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    aethiopicus – Kenya & Ethiopia; Pliocene -Pleistocene †Hippopotamus afarensis – Ethiopia, formerly genus Trilobophorus; Pliocene †Hippopotamus behemoth – Israel...
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  • Piacenzian (redirect from Late Pliocene)
    international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 Ma and 2.58 Ma (million years ago)...
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    Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene of Africa, Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of North America) †Pachycrocuta (Pliocene and Pleistocene...
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    of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications...
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    known as the Middle Pliocene Warm Period ), or the Pliocene Thermal Maximum, was an interval of warm climate during the Pliocene epoch that lasted from...
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    Gazelle (category Extant Pliocene first appearances)
    Gazella parasinensis - Pliocene Asia Gazella praegaudryi - Pleistocene Africa Gazella sinensis - Pliocene Asia Gazella brianus - Pliocene Asia Subgenus Gazella...
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    modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene is preceded by the Oligocene and is followed by the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene...
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    Zanclean (redirect from Early Pliocene)
    is the lowest stage or earliest age on the geologic time scale of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago) and 3.6...
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    (Early Pliocene of Kansas) Falco sp. (Early Pliocene of Bulgaria – Early Pleistocene of Spain and Czech Republic) Falco oregonus (Early/Middle Pliocene of...
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    The Calaveras Skull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented as...
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    Deer (section Pliocene)
    appeared around the transition from Miocene to Pliocene (4.2–6 Mya) in Eurasia; cervine fossils from early Pliocene to as late as the Pleistocene have been excavated...
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    reach Eurasia until the Late Miocene or to South America until the Late Pliocene.: 7  This cladogram shows the phylogenetic position of canids within Caniformia...
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    †Enhydriodon – Ethiopia, Late Miocene to Pliocene Genus †Enhydritherium – North America, Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Genus †Lutraeximia – Italy, Pleistocene...
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  • from the Pliocene of Morocco. Geraads, D. (1997). "Carnivores du Pliocène terminalde Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc)" [Terminal Pliocene carnivores...
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    (Early Pliocene of Empoli, Italy) Gavia sp. (Early Pliocene of Kerč Peninsula, Ukraine) Gavia cf. concinna (San Diego Middle/Late Pliocene of San Diego...
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    Megalodon (category Pliocene sharks)
    approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs. O. megalodon was formerly thought to be a member of the family...
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    – Late Pliocene) – Gallus moldovicus, sometimes misspelt moldavicus, may be a junior synonym Gallus aesculapii, a Late Miocene – Early Pliocene "junglefowl"...
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    The Gray Fossil Site is an Early Pliocene assemblage of fossils dating between 4.5 and 4.9 million years old, located near the community of Gray in Washington...
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  • It is suggested a late Pliocene age (Reuverian) for this flora. Palynofloras from drill cores in the surroundings of Frankfurt am Main and Hanau also suggests...
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    Around 10 kya mya Mya million years ago Mega years ago Time ago in Ma Pliocene Last geomagnetic reversal The (Eemian Stage) Last Glacial Period started...
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    Japan and surrounding part of continental East Asia in Middle Pliocene to Late Pliocene (3.5–2 Ma) Japanese archipelago at the Last Glacial Maximum about...
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    Miocene †Hystrix depereti - Pliocene †Hystrix paukensis - Late Miocene-Pliocene †Hystrix primigenia - Late Miocene-Pliocene †Hystrix refossa - Pleistocene...
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    have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back to the Pliocene or possibly late Miocene. Species of Elephas have distinct bossing of the...
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    Interchange, following the formation of the Isthmus of Panama during the late Pliocene. The genus consists of one early giant form, A. angustidens, and several...
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