CENEZOIC

Era
It was origanlly called kainozoic meaning
new life. It was derived from the words
kainos “new and zoic “life”. It is the
current and the most recent among the
Phanerozoic geological eras.

IT BEGAN 65 MILLION YEARS AGO AND

CONTINUOUS INTO THE PRESENT DAY. IT
IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PERIODS WHICH
ARE: THE PALEOGENE, THE NEOGENE, AND
THE QUATERNARY.
THE ERA BEGAN ON THE TAIL END OF THE
CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE EXTINCTION
EVENT THAT SAW THE DEMISE OF THE
LAST NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS.

IT WAS ALSO THE INTERVAL OF TIME

DURING WHICH THE CONTINENTS ASSUMED
THEIR MODERN CONFIGURATION AND
GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS AND DURING
WHICH EARTH’S FLORA AND FAUNA
EVOLVED TOWARD THOSE OF THE
PRESENT.
This is the era, the
Cenozoic Era.. The Era
of Major Competition!!

SEVERAL OF THE WORLD’S GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES WERE

BUILT DURING THE CENOZOIC. THE MAIN ALPINE OROGENY,
WHICH PRODUCED THE ALPS AND CARPATHIANS IN SOUTHERN
EUROPE AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS IN NORTHWESTERN
AFRICA, BEGAN ROUGHLY BETWEEN 37 MILLION AND 24 MILLION
YEARS AGO. THE HIMALAYAS WERE FORMED SOME TIME AFTER
THE INDIAN PLATE COLLIDED WITH THE EURASIAN PLATE.
THESE LOFTY MOUNTAINS MARKED THE CULMINATION OF THE
GREAT UPLIFT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LATE CENOZOIC
WHEN THE INDIAN PLATE DROVE MANY HUNDREDS OF
KILOMETRES INTO THE UNDERBELLY OF ASIA.