Age of Mammals
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Age of Mammals
[′āj əv ′mam·əlz] (geology)
An informal designation of the Cenozoic era of geologic time.
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Few mammal fossils have been found in South America from this time period, before the age of dinosaurs gave way to the
age of mammals. Scientists hope the discovery will reveal more about whether early mammals evolved differently in North and South America.
Justin Jennings, culminating in a celebration in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs and the Reed Gallery of the
Age of Mammals.
The
Age of Mammals: The Tertiary Period (65,000,000-1,800,000 years ago).
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