Individual #Tertiary_period__Tertiary from 2 million to 63 million years ago
instance of: geological_period
part of: Cenozoic_era
part: Pliocene_epoch__Pliocene from 2 million to 13 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
part: Miocene_epoch__Miocene from 13 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
part: Oligocene_epoch__Oligocene from 25 million to 40 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
part: Eocene_epoch__Eocene from 40 million to 58 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
part: Paleocene_epoch__Paleocene from 58 million to 63 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
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