Did You Know?

Some big cats lived during the Miocene!

Big Animals

Many big animals lived in the Miocene.

New Plants

Many new plants grew during this time.

What Miocene Does

It shows how life changed on Earth.

It helps us learn about old plants.

It shows how animals grew and changed.

It helps us know our world today.

It shows us how Earth got its shape.

It helps us find old fossils.

More About Miocene

The Miocene was a long time ago. It was a time of big change. Many new kinds of plants and animals came. Some of them are still here today. The Earth was warm and had lots of grasslands.

This time helps us see how life grew. We can learn about how animals and plants changed. It shows us how the world we know now came to be.

Many fossils from the Miocene are found today. These fossils help us learn more. They tell us stories about the past and how life was back then.

How Topics Connect

graph TD A["Miocene Epoch"] --> B["Timeframe: 23.04 to 5.333 Ma"] A --> C["Named by: Charles Lyell"] A --> D["Etymology: Ancient Greek"] D --> E["'Less recent'"] D --> F["'New' or 'recent'"] A --> G["Fewer modern marine invertebrates"] A --> H["Preceded by: Oligocene"] A --> I["Followed by: Pliocene"]

What Do These Words Mean?

Miocene:A time period in Earth's history that lasted from about 23 million to 5 million years ago.
epoch:A specific period in geological time.
geological:Related to the study of the Earth's structure and history.
invertebrates:Animals without a backbone.
Pliocene:The time period that comes after the Miocene.