Ask Our Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Eocene Epoch
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Images
Coryphodon, a genus of primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits. Restoration painting by Charles R. Knight, 1898. seafloor spreading geologic time Paleogene Period in geologic time
Read Next
Skeleton fossil record of ancient reptiles in stone.
Do Fossil Fuels Really Come from Fossils?
Discover
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere
Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?
Big beaver gnawing on limb at river's edge
6 Animal Species that Mate for Life
Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.
Timeline of the 1980s

Eocene Epoch: Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Eocene-Epoch
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

Coryphodon, a genus of primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits. Restoration painting by Charles R. Knight, 1898.
seafloor spreading
geologic time
Paleogene Period in geologic time
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics
Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic