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Miocene Epoch Pliocene Epoch Middle Miocene Epoch Late Miocene Epoch early Pliocene Epoch late Pliocene Epoch Early Miocene Epoch Cenozoic Era Tertiary Period Quaternary Paleogene Period Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum