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Noun: Paleocene  'pey-lee-u,seen or 'pa-lee-u,seen
  1. From 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
    - Paleocene epoch, Palaeocene [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: epoch

Part of: Tertiary, Tertiary period

Encyclopedia: Paleocene

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Paleo-American
Paleo-American culture
Paleo-Amerind
Paleo-Amerind culture
paleoanthropological
paleoanthropology
paleobiology
paleobotany
Paleocene
Paleocene epoch
paleocerebellum
paleoclimatology
paleoconservative
paleocontact hypothesis
paleocortex
paleocortical
paleodendrology
paleoecology
paleoencephalon