Cenozoic Era

SUMMARY: This book examines The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, in which a wide assortment of bizarre animals evolved.

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

•Mesozoic Era - Age of dinosaurs (reptiles) •Cenozoic Era - most recent era

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This event defines the boundary between the older Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles," and the modern Cenozoic Era, the "Age of Mammals."

Princeton University Top Stories 2009

The PETM (Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum) could not possibly have been caused by dinosaur flatulence (duh) because dinosaurs were already extinct by the Cenozoic Era, of which the Paleocene is the first part - the Mesozoic-Cenozoic extinction was something like 10 to 15 million years before the PETM.

Think Progress 2009

This event defines the boundary between the older Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles," and the modern Cenozoic Era, the "Age of Mammals."

Spero News 2009