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Eocene

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Eocene
Geology of, denoting, or formed in the second epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 20 000 000 years, during which hooved mammals appeared
Eocene [′ēยทə‚sēn]
(geology)
The next to the oldest of the five major epochs of the Tertiary period (in the Cenozoic era).
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For a moment my gaze traversed the landscape beneath until it was caught and held by four figures near the base of the cliff--a human figure held at bay by three hyaenodons, those ferocious and blood-thirsty wild dogs of the Eocene.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Cuvier used to urge that no monkey occurred in any tertiary stratum; but now extinct species have been discovered in India, South America, and in Europe even as far back as the eocene stage.
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