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Pliocene epoch  

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  • The Pliocene epoch is the uppermost subdivision of the Tertiary period (65.5 to 2.588 million years ago), and represents a geological stage from about 1.806 to 5.332 million years ago. Although the Pliocene was generally warmer than the present, this epoch is characterized by pronounced climatic oscillations that ultimately led to the characteristic cooling of the late Quaternary glacial-interglacial cycles. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Pliocene Epoch]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XSPM18CC-F

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