| Abstract from DBPedia | The Paleogene (/ˈpeɪli.ədʒiːn, -li.oʊ-, ˈpæli-/ PAL-ee-ə-jeen, -ee-oh-, PAY-lee-; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period 23.03 Mya. It is the beginning of the Cenozoic Era of the present Phanerozoic Eon. The earlier term Tertiary Period was used to define the span of time now covered by the Paleogene Period and subsequent Neogene Period; despite no longer being recognised as a formal stratigraphic term, 'Tertiary' is still widely found in earth science literature and remains in informal use. Paleogene is often abbreviated "Pg" (but the United States Geological Survey uses the abbreviation PE for the Paleogene on the Survey's geologic maps). During the Paleogene, mammals diversified from relatively small, simple forms into a large group of diverse animals in the wake of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that ended the preceding Cretaceous Period. This period consists of the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. The end of the Paleocene (56 Mya) was marked by the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, one of the most significant periods of global change during the Cenozoic, which upset oceanic and atmospheric circulation and led to the extinction of numerous deep-sea benthic foraminifera and on land, a major turnover in mammals. The term 'Paleogene System' is applied to the rocks deposited during the 'Paleogene Period'.古第三紀（こだいさんき、Paleogene period）は、地質時代の区分の一つで、6,600万年前から2,303万年前までの時代を指す。新生代の最初の紀であり、白亜紀から続き、新第三紀へ繋がる。 古第三紀はさらに、暁新世・始新世・漸新世の3つに時代区分される。この時代の暖かい海では大型有孔虫のカヘイ石が繁栄した (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Paleogene) |
