Tertiary Fossils

Fossils of the Tertiary

(65 to 1.8 Million Years Ago)

A tour of life over geologic time and evolution as evidenced by the fossil record:
Precambrian Fossils I Cambrian Fossils I Ordovician Fossils I Silurian Fossils I Devonian Fossils
Carboniferous Fossils I Permian Fossils I Triassic Fossils I Jurassic Fossils I Cretaceous Fossils I Tertiary Fossils

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Invertebrates, fish and reptiles were similar to those of modern types, but mammals, birds, protozoa and flowering plants would undergo considerable evolutionary change.

Gallinuloides wyomingensis Bird: Avia Eocene Green River Formation, Utah	Bechleja rostrata (Shrimp) Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming	Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon Bat Fossil Eocene Messel, Germany	Priscacara liops Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming
Baltic Fossil Amber Dipterans Eocene - Oligocene Kaliningrad District, Russia	Messelornis cristata Bird Fossil Eocene Messel, Germany	Ginkgo adiantoides Plant Eocene Tranquille Shale, British Columbia	Diverse Fossil Plant Fossils Eocene Green River Formation, Wyoming
Liocranid Spider in Baltic Fossil Amber Eocene - Oligocene Kaliningrad District, Russia	Leptauchenia nitida (Oreodont) Oligocene White River Badlands, South Dakota	Palaeolagus (Ancient Rabbits) Oligocene Badlands, Wyoming	Saber-toothed Cat Metailurus major Upper Miocene Gansu Province, China
Fossil Amber Centipede and > 200 insects Pliocene Andes Mountains, Colombia	Ursus speleaus (Cave Bear) Pleistocene Ural Mountains, Russia	Canis latrans (Coyote) Holocene to Pleistocene Bonner Springs, Kansas	Mustela vison (Mink) Holocene to Pleistocene Bonner Springs, Kansas
Procyon lotor (Raccoon) Holocene to Pleistocene Bonner Springs, Kansas	Sparnodus sp. Fossil Fish Eocene Monte Bolca Quarry, Italy	Hippocampus ramulosus Seahorse Fossil Pliocene Marecchia River Formation, Italy