Pliocene - Wikipedia
The Pliocene ( / ˈplaɪ.əsiːn, ˈplaɪ.oʊ -/ PLY-ə-seen, PLY-oh-; [6][7] also Pleiocene) [8] is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58 [9] million years ago (Ma). It is the second and most recent epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.
Cenozoic Time and Paleogeography - University of Nebraska–Lincoln
This map shows how North America appeared just over 12,000 years ago. During the Pleistocene, repeated glaciations occurred, some of which covered parts of eastern Nebraska. This was the time period that many people have labeled the "Ice Age."
North America - Deep Time Maps™
Maps include coverage of the Arctic, Caribbean, Central America, parts of Western and Northern Europe, NW Africa, and Northern South America. State and Province boundaries are shown. Paleo latitude lines are also shown.
The Pliocene Epoch - University of California Museum of …
The end of the Pliocene was marked in North America by the Cascadian revolution, during which the Sierra Nevada was elevated and tilted to the west. In Europe, many mountain ranges built up, including the Alps, which were folded and thrusted.
Map of North America illustrating our hypothesized Pliocene …
The geologic map of North America ( Reed et al. 2005) shows Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian car- bonates along the southwestern margin of Hudson Bay that are currently separated from ...
(a) Map of southwestern North America showing Searles Lake …
Download scientific diagram | (a) Map of southwestern North America showing Searles Lake (star) and other late Pliocene sites (circles) referred to in this study. Light gray lines represent...
Prehistoric Life During the Pliocene Epoch - ThoughtCo
Aug 8, 2019 · The most dramatic evolutionary event of the Pliocene epoch was the appearance of a land bridge between North and South America. Previously, South America had been much like modern Australia, a giant, isolated continent populated by a variety of strange mammals, including giant marsupials.
Pliocene Epoch | Climate, Geology & Geochronology | Britannica
For example, Early Pliocene marine deposits are well known from the Mediterranean region, and Late Pliocene marine deposits can be found in Britain and the Atlantic coastal plain of North America. The Siwalik Range of India and Pakistan and the Henan and Shanxi provinces of China also contain Pliocene terrestrial deposits.
The Pliocene Epoch (5.3-2.6 Million Years Ago) - Paleontology …
The most dramatic evolutionary event of the Pliocene epoch was the appearance of a land bridge between North and South America. Previously, South America had been much like modern Australia, a giant, isolated continent populated by a variety of …
Pliocene climate | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Jan 1, 2010 · Pliocene climate. The Pliocene Epoch, 5.3 Ma to 1.8 Ma, was a time when paleoclimate conditions ranged from very warm, equable climates (on a global scale), rhythmically varying every 40,000 years, to high-amplitude glacial-interglacial cycles that led to the “Ice Ages” of the Pleistocene.