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Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 15.3, Problem 6MC
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To determine:
The new organisms that appeared during the Cenozoic era.
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The Cenozoic era is also called as “Age of Mammals”. It began around 65 million years ago and is continued till today. The whole era can be divided into two periods, the Tertiary and the Quaternary period.
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