What was the country during the eocene epoch?

eocene epoch, from 55.8 to 33.9 million years, began about 10 million years after the extinction of dinosaurs, when mammals diversified and have already increased to some importance and occupied the most available niches. As was the case during most of the country's history, the climate was relatively bald, with tropical conditions extending up to 45 degrees from the equator and a slight climate reaching to the poles. During the Eocent, the climate at the poles would be comparable to the fact that in the northwest Pacific. The reason is almost the absence of continental ice caps on the poles, which means that it was in the form of water in the form of water and filled the oceans. Because Antarctica was still associated with South America, there was no freezing perimeter. Antarctica was mild, and the global circulation of ocean currents gave the global climate a degree of homogeneity that has not been visible ever since.

eocene was somewhat before the age of grasses, which means thatE majority of the planet were covered with forests rather than in pastures. The most common were arboreal mammals and almost all animals were small - few of them had more than 10 kg (22 lb). On average, it was 60% smaller than the paleocene animals that came in front of them, and even smaller due to large animals that would evolve shortly after the end of the epoch. It is assumed that these small sizes have helped animals to cope better with the heat.

It is assumed that representatives of many modern mammalists arose during Eocene, including bats, Proboscidians (elephants and relatives), primates (although it could have evolved much earlier), Rodents and many Marsupial groups. The "modern" life of plants and animals has developed during this time, which means that many of the first ecosystems that people would now consider to be normal, rather than significantly ancient, as Cycad's ecosystems/dinosaurs.

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