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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
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Eocene

[′ē·ə‚sēn]
(geology)
The next to the oldest of the five major epochs of the Tertiary period (in the Cenozoic era).
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Although many stops were made and they were important on their own merit, Shell Bluff is mentioned because of its scientific significance as a part of the Eocene Era, a period of high sea levels, where marine layers covered the majority of the Coastal Plain of Georgia (Gore and Whitherspoon 2013).
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