EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mesozoic
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Paleozoic
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Cenozoic
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Precambrian
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cenozoic Era spans the interval from 66 million years ago to present. It is divided into the Paleogene Period (66–23 million years ago) and Neogene Period (23 million years ago to present).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cenozoic Era is generally divided into three periods: the Paleogene (66 million to 23 million years ago), the Neogene (23 million to 2.6 million years ago), and the Quaternary (2.6 million years ago to the present); however, the era has been traditionally divided into the Tertiary and Quaternary periods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Officially, the current epoch is called the Holocene, which began 11, 700 years ago after the last major ice age.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Quaternary Period is the third and last of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era. You and I are living in this period, which began only 2.58 million years ago.
Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct answer is ‘cenozoic’