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Paleocene in a sentence
Paleocene meaning
Of or pertaining to the Paleocene epoch.
Synonyms of Paleocene
Using Paleocene
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to the Paleocene epoch.
- Useful related words include: paleocene epoch, epoch.
- In the example corpus, paleocene often appears in combinations such as: the paleocene, late paleocene, early paleocene.
Context around Paleocene
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paleocene
- In this selection, "paleocene" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, late, early, see, eocene, faunas and ranged stand out and add context to how "paleocene" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include like the paleocene and and early paleocene. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paleocene" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paleocene
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Early Paleocene saw the recovery of the earth. (9 words)
Basilosaurus The Paleocene ranged from 65 million to 55 million years ago. (12 words)
Molecular clocks have been used to suggest an origin in the Pacific in the Paleocene. (15 words)
Radinskya from the late Paleocene of East Asia citation has a π-shaped crown pattern on the enamel of its rear molars similar to that of perissodactyls and their relatives, especially the rhinos, citation and is thought to be closely related. (41 words)
Although several lineages became extinct during the faunal turnover at the end of the Cretaceous, multituberculates as a whole managed very successfully to cross the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and reached their peak of diversity during the Paleocene. (37 words)
And, as we now know, that is what did happen over large areas of North America from the Eocene to the Pleistocene : the ultimate causative agent was global temperature reduction (see Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ). (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
They were an important component of nearly all Paleocene faunas of Europe and North America, and of some late Paleocene faunas of Asia.
The impact event and Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum were, ironically, fortuitous for humans: They paved the way for our ancestors.
Although several lineages became extinct during the faunal turnover at the end of the Cretaceous, multituberculates as a whole managed very successfully to cross the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and reached their peak of diversity during the Paleocene.
And, as we now know, that is what did happen over large areas of North America from the Eocene to the Pleistocene : the ultimate causative agent was global temperature reduction (see Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ).
Basilosaurus (a whale, despite the name) The Paleocene ranged from 65 million to 55 million years ago.
Basilosaurus The Paleocene ranged from 65 million to 55 million years ago.
Climate Climates during the Tertiary slowly cooled, starting off in the Paleocene with tropical-to-moderate worldwide temperatures and ending before the first extensive glaciation at the start of the Quaternary.
Extensive research has gone into the fossil floras of the Paleocene to Oligocene of South-Eastern Australia, and has failed to uncover a single Eucalyptus specimen.
Fossil record This is, geologically speaking, rather a young group, having evolved from the Late Paleocene in the Cenozoic Era.
He expects the change to be similar to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum when atmospheric concentration of CO 2 was 450 ppm.
However, during the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene (65-55 million years ago), the seaway had begun to recede, leaving behind thick marine deposits and a relatively flat terrain which the seaway had once occupied.
If correct, the presence of a handful of dinosaurs in the early Paleocene would not change the underlying facts of the extinction.
In the area that is now India, massive lava beds called the Deccan Traps were erupted in the very late Cretaceous and early Paleocene.
In the Early-Eocene, life was small and lived in cramped jungles, much like the Paleocene.
In the Early Eocene, life was small and living in cramped jungles, much like the Paleocene.
Molecular clocks have been used to suggest an origin in the Pacific in the Paleocene.
Radinskya from the late Paleocene of East Asia citation has a π-shaped crown pattern on the enamel of its rear molars similar to that of perissodactyls and their relatives, especially the rhinos, citation and is thought to be closely related.
Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora by Steven R. Manchester at Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Sergio L. Pereira, Allan J. Baker (2008) "DNA evidence for a Paleocene origin of the Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) in the Pacific and multiple dispersals across northern oceans".
The Early Paleocene saw the recovery of the earth.
Common combinations with paleocene
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: