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Noun: Paleocene epoch
  1. From 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
    - Paleocene, Palaeocene [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: epoch

Part of: Tertiary, Tertiary period

Encyclopedia: Paleocene epoch

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