Tertiary

=//**   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ The Tertiary Period **//= =//** By: Aly Stillinghagon and Taylor Cruz **//= = = Animals:
 * 65 - 1.8 million years ago 
 * Cenozoic Era
 * When the "Age of the Mammals" began
 * Contains 5 Epochs (A particular point of time marked by distinctive features)
 * Climate was very warm and tropical in the beginning, then started to cool in the middle, and an ice age had begun by the end.
 * The period when mammals became dominant
 * The first human ancestors appeared
 * Birds almost did as well as mammals
 * Whales
 * Horses
 * Dogs
 * Bears
 * Birds
 * MOnkeys
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Apes
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Pigs
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Dee
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cats
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Rhinos
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Tapirs
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Rodents
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Zebras
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Elephants
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Sharks[[image:http://images.sciencedaily.com/2008/04/080424140400-large.jpg width="342" height="193" align="right" caption="Fossil from Tertiary period"]]
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Fish
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Sea Cows
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Ants
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Bees
 * <span style="color: #630cac; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Penguins
 * <span style="color: #8a15c1; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Camels
 * <span style="color: #8a15c1; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Marine Invertabrates

<span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Plants:
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grasses
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kelp forests
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Flowering plants
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dense forests <span style="color: #f71d1d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[[image:http://www.prehistory.com/dinosaurs/brontotherium.jpg align="right" caption="Animal from the Tertiary period"]]
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grass lands
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Palm trees
 * <span style="color: #16f817; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Woodlands

<span style="color: #f71d1d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Animals that went Extinct:
 * <span style="color: #f71d1d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Vivveravus (moongoose-like animal)
 * <span style="color: #f71d1d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Contained the K-T event- when the dinosaurs went extinct

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