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Paleogene

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Cenozoic
  Paleogene
Classification:Period (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:23.03 Ma
Base:66.0 Ma
Preceeds:Neogene Miocene  Aquitanian
Follows:Mesozoic Cretaceous  Late/Upper Cretaceous   Maastrichtian
Primary Divisions:OligoceneEocenePaleocene
FGDC code::
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Clitellata4
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta50
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida1,383
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda11
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda30
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda37
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha4
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta11,543
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca1,291
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda78
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda366
AnimaliaArthropoda Pauropoda5
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaArthropoda Symphyla8
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata11
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata14
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata313
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata7
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata784
AnimaliaBryozoa Phylactolaemata1
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata115
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii366
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia28
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Aves412
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii271
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali3
AnimaliaChordata Mammalia8,910
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia1,494
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii7
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa1,222
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa29
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea112
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea57
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea591
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea68
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea68
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta4
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia2,268
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda157
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda4,232
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora33
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda62
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea3
AnimaliaNematoda Secernentea2
AnimaliaPlatyhelminthes Trematoda1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea11
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae21
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida92
AnimaliaPorifera Homoscleromorpha1
AnimaliaTardigrada Eutardigrada5
AnimaliaTardigrada Heterotardigrada1
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae5
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea505
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea34
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea86
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae61
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae45
ChromistaOchrophyta Bacillariophyceae102
ChromistaOchrophyta Chrysophyceae1
ChromistaOchrophyta Dictyochophyceae10
ChromistaOchrophyta Phaeophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina258
FungiAscomycota Eurotiomycetes1
FungiAscomycota Sordariomycetes2
FungiBasidiomycota Agaricomycetes4
PlantaeAnthocerotophyta Anthocerotopsida1
PlantaeBryophyta Bryopsida7
PlantaeBryophyta Sphagnopsida3
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae45
PlantaeCharophyta Zygnematophyceae5
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae8
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae25
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Jungermanniopsida1
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida6
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae88
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida28
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida9
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida9
PlantaeTracheophyta Liliopsida147
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida46
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida1,218
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida221
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida137
ProtozoaAmoebozoa Lobosa1
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Popigai ImpactImpact Event35.7 ± 0.2 MaAnabarskii massif, Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Chicxulub impactImpact Event66 MaYucatan peninsula, Mexico
Deccan Traps volcanism (concludes)Volcanic Activity66.25 - 65.5 MaIndia
Kerguelen Plateau formation (concludes)Volcanic Activity119 - 34 MaSouthern Indian Ocean
Pangaea breakup (concludes)Continental Breakup175 - 55 MaGlobal
Andean orogeny (ongoing)OrogenyMaximum Age: 200 MaSouth America
Laurasia supercontinent (concludes)Supercontinent215 - 55 MaNorthern Hemisphere


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