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Also known as Tertiary Period, Tertiary System

obsolete term for the geological period 66–2.58 million years ago

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The Tertiary is an outdated geological term that scientists once used to describe the time period from about 66 million to 2.58 million years ago, when mammals diversified and became dominant on Earth following the extinction of dinosaurs. While geologists no longer officially use this term, it matters historically because it was central to how scientists organized and understood Earth's deep past for many decades.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
system
Followed by
Quaternary
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start time
66000000-0
end time
2580000-00
different from
Cenozoic
replaced by
Neogene
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