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Chapter 18, The Paleogene World

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The Cenozoic Era. From the University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) exhibit. Links to articles on Cenozoic stratigraphy, ancient life, and fossil localities.

The Paleocene Epoch. UCMP exhibit.

The Eocene Epoch. UCMP exhibit.

The Oligocene Epoch. UCMP exhibit.

Tertiary Mammals at the Russian Paleontological Institute. UCMP special exhibit.

Life through Geologic Time: Paleocene. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Paleocene Epoch.

Life through Geologic Time: Eocene. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Eocene Epoch. Photos of Eocene life.

Life through Geologic Time: Oligocene. Text about fossil-bearing sites and significant evolutionary and paleogeographic events during the Oligocene Epoch. Photos of Oligocene life.

Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming has yielded millions of extremely well preserved Eocene fossils.

Transitional Vertebrate Fossils. See Part 2, Transitions among Mammals, for a detailed summary of the ancestry of modern primates, bats, carnivores, rodents, elephants, and other Cenozoic mammals.

Humboldt State University’s Natural History Museum Paleogene exhibit.

Fossil Horses in Cyberspace. An excellent site with lots of information about the evolution of horses, as well as other mammals, during the Cenozoic Era.

Laramide Orogeny. Brief overview.

Structure and Stratigraphy of the Laramide Orogeny. Simple cross section of the Laramide orogeny. Major structures, elements, and igneous and sedimentary units are shown.

Olympic Mountains geology. USGS site.

Mantle Plumes and Mountain Building. Abstract and illustrations from article about the Yellowstone hot spot in the March/April 1999 issue of American Scientist. The authors propose that the westward progress of the North American Plate over the relatively stationary Yellowstone plume during the past 75 million years may explain geological features such as the Laramide orogeny.

Color-coded plate reconstruction sequence. A wonderful series of paleogeographic maps depicting the patterns of the continents from 620 million years ago to the present.

Earth History page of the Paleomap Project. Clickable links to paleographic maps of geologic time intervals, including the Eocene Epoch.

This site presents a series of plate-tectonic reconstructions to show the broad patterns of Phanerozoic Earth history.

Paleogeographic globes show global and North America and Europe reconstructions. For this chapter, see the globe for the Eocene Epoch.

Three-part sedimentation, tectonics, and paleogeography maps of the North Atlantic region (North America, Europe, and parts of Asia, South America, and Africa). For this chapter, see the maps for the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. Explanation of symbols.

Global tectonic features maps display the major tectonic elements (plates, oceans, ridges, subduction zones, mountain belts). For this chapter, see the maps for the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. Explanation of symbols.
Global Earth History. Includes a chart showing the paleogeography and evolution of life from the Cambrian through the present.

Paleocene History of the Western United States. Facies/tectonics and paleogeographic maps. Explanation of symbols.

History of the Western U.S.: Laramide Tectonics. Tectonics map. Explanation of symbols.

Eocene History of the Western U.S. Facies/tectonics and paleogeographic maps. Explanation of symbols.

Oligocene History of the Western U.S. Facies/tectonics and paleogeographic maps. Explanation of symbols.

Tertiary Paleogeography of the Southwestern U.S. Includes Eocene globe; Eocene paleogeography; and Eocene tectonic elements.

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