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TERTIARY PERIOD
Time Range 65.5 Ma to 1.8 Ma
Previous Geological Period- Cretaceous
Following Geological Period - Quaternary
Cenozoic Era
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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
2.
CLIMATE
Started out warm
Then got cold
At the end of the period got freezing and ice age started
Photo by
Piero...
3.
GEOLOGIC EVENTS
India collides with Asia
Antarctica drifts over the South Pole
Modern ice age begins
Changes in Earth's crust
Between North and South America formed Central America land bridge
Photo by
kamome
4.
TERTIARY CONTINENTS
North and South America were not yet continents
India was still an island off the coast tof South East Asia
Antarctica was not yet centered over the South Pole
Continental drift happened during the Tertiary resulted in continents reaching current positions by the end of the period
The movements of contInental plates also led to formation of several significant mountain ranges during this period
Photo by
Matt. Create.
5.
ANIMALS
Some of the first animals were
Horses
Dogs
Cats
Deer
Photo by
Wolfgang Staudt
6.
PLANTS
Some plants were
Palm Trees
Grass
Flowering plants
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Swami Stream
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REFERENCES
www.clcharter.org
Wiki
answer.com
www.sci.uidaho.com
Hannah Moon
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