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Also known as Palaeocene, Paleocene Epoch

The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 Ma (million years ago). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós), meaning "old", and καινός (kainós), meaning "new", translating to "the old part of the Eocene".

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The Paleocene is a geological time period that occurred between approximately 66 and 56 million years ago and represents the first epoch of the Paleogene Period. It matters because it marks an important early chapter in Earth's most recent major era (the Cenozoic), following the extinction event that ended the previous age.

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Geologic timespan.name: Paleocene
Geologic timespan.color: Paleocene
Geologic timespan.time_start: 66
Geologic timespan.time_end: 56
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 60 Ma (Selandian Age).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: A map of Earth as it appeared 60 million years ago during the Paleocene Epoch, Selandian Age
Geologic timespan.timeline: Paleocene
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.name_accept_date: 1978
Geologic timespan.alternate_spellings: Palaeocene
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Epoch
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Series
Geologic timespan.proposed_by: Wilhelm Philipp Schimper, 1874
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: Iridium-enriched layer associated with a major meteorite impact and subsequent K–Pg extinction event
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: El Kef Section, El Kef, Tunisia