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Paleocene

earth science Maturity 11-13

A long time ago, the Earth changed.

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Big dinosaurs were gone. Small animals began to grow. The world was warm and green. Forests grew everywhere.
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Ginkgo cranei.jpg
Many plants lived in the woods. It was a new time. Can you imagine it?

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K-T-boundary.JPG
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Zumaia Itzurun 5.JPG
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Cerrejón 3.jpg
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Hiawatha Crater.gif
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Shallow subduction Laramide orogeny.gif
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Gondwana breakup.png
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Main floristic types from the Danian -...
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Ginkgo cranei.jpg
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Glyptostrobus Foliage 01.JPG
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Fossil Platanus Fruit 0444.jpg
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Metasequoia occidentalis.jpg

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