Early Cenozoic Life - Megalodon Roamed, Mammals Go Back to Sea, Huge Birds Hunt Horses

This course surveys life in the Paleogene period of the Early Cenozoic, including the diversification of mammals, whales, bats, primates, ungulates, grasses, coral reefs, sharks, and large birds. It connects these developments to the K–Pg extinction, continental separation, speciation, and changing forests and grasslands.

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Major events in the Paleogene
Coral reefs after KPg extinction
Whales used to walk?
Megalodon sharks are real?
Sand dollars took over beaches
Penguins & Pinnipeds evolved
Climate change diminished forests
Grasses changed Earth forever!
Why Cenozoic is Age of Mammals
Bats evolved
Primates evolved
Ungulates evolved
Ungulates- horses became modernized
Ungulates- rhinos were largest land mammals
Rodents evolved
Carnivorous mammals evolved
All Birds were huge & terrifying
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