Cenozoic
Cenozoic
Hierarchy: | Phanerozoic Cenozoic |
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Classification: | Era (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy) |
Top: | 0 Ma |
Base: | 66.0 Ma |
Follows: | Mesozoic Cretaceous Late/Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian |
Primary Divisions: | QuaternaryNeogenePaleogene |
FGDC code: | { |
The cenozoic era covers the period from the end of the Mesozoic 66 million years ago to the present day.
Geologic Events
Event Name | Type | Age | Area |
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Island Park Caldera super-eruption | Volcanic Activity | 2.1 Ma | Idaho and Wyoming, USA |
Kara-Kul impact (concludes) | Impact Event | ~5 Ma | Tajikistan |
Popigai Impact | Impact Event | 35.7 ± 0.2 Ma | Anabarskii massif, Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia |
Chicxulub impact | Impact Event | 66 Ma | Yucatan peninsula, Mexico |
Deccan Traps volcanism (concludes) | Volcanic Activity | 66.25 - 65.5 Ma | India |
Kerguelen Plateau formation (concludes) | Volcanic Activity | 119 - 34 Ma | Southern Indian Ocean |
Pangaea breakup (concludes) | Continental Breakup | 175 - 55 Ma | Global |
Andean orogeny (concludes) | Orogeny | Maximum Age: 200 Ma | South America |
Laurasia supercontinent (concludes) | Supercontinent | 215 - 55 Ma | Northern Hemisphere |
Overview of geological time
List all geological events