Casamayoran
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The Casamayoran age is a period of geologic time (54.0—48.0 Ma) within the Eocene
epoch of the Paleogene
used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Riochican
and precedes the Mustersan
age.
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
epoch of the Paleogene
Paleogene
The Paleogene is a geologic period and system that began 65.5 ± 0.3 and ended 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and comprises the first part of the Cenozoic Era...
used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Riochican
Riochican
The Riochican age is a period of geologic time within the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Itaboraian and precedes the Casamayoran age....
and precedes the Mustersan
Mustersan
The Mustersan age is a period of geologic time within the Eocene epoch of the Paleogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Casamayoran and precedes the Divisaderan age....
age.