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Pliocene epoch

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Noun1.Pliocene epoch - from 13 million to 2 million years agoPliocene epoch - from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
Tertiary, Tertiary period - from 63 million to 2 million years ago


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This amazing area is considered one of the best outcrops of the Citronelle Formation, which dates back to the Pliocene epoch, making it a hotbed for research activity by geologists and university students.
Platanistoid dolphin fossils were found in marine deposits dating back to the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs, which indicates that the freshwater habitat is secondary and that the ancestors of modern river dolphins moved from the sea to the rivers.
 
 
 
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