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The 33 pages that link to Cenozoic, each with the reason it gives.

• Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction eventRelated: The extinction cleared ecological space during the era’s early diversification.

• EoceneNarrower topic: The Eocene is one of the Cenozoic’s epochs, between the Paleocene and Oligocene.

• PaleogeneNarrower topic: The Paleogene is its first period.

• MarsupialNarrower topic: Much of marsupial diversification and geographic change occurred during this era.

• MesozoicCompared with: Its beginning marks the era’s end and the rise of mammal-dominated ecosystems.

• PaleozoicCompared with: It provides a later comparison for the Paleozoic’s ancient ecosystems and fauna.

• SynapsidBroader topic: After the end-Cretaceous extinction, mammals diversified extensively during the Cenozoic.

• OligoceneNarrower topic: The Oligocene forms part of the long-term environmental history of the Cenozoic.

• PaleoceneNarrower topic: The Paleocene opens the Cenozoic Era.

• HypsodontyRelated: Many well-known shifts toward high-crowned teeth occurred among Cenozoic herbivores.

• K–Pg boundaryNarrower topic: The boundary marks the start of the era in which modern ecosystems developed.

• Australian PlateRelated: During this era, Australia moved northward and collided with Southeast Asian margins.

• Andean orogenyNarrower topic: Major shortening, uplift, and plateau growth in the Andes occurred during this era.

• EutheriaNarrower topic: Much of the familiar diversification of placental mammals unfolded during this era.

• Paris BasinRelated: Many of the basin’s celebrated fossil deposits formed during this era.

• CreodontaNarrower topic: Creodonts evolved and vanished within this era of mammalian diversification.

• BrontotheriidaeNarrower topic: Brontotheres arose and vanished during this era of mammalian expansion.

• Alvarez hypothesisRelated: The extinction opened ecological space during the era of mammal diversification.

• AmphicyonidaeNarrower topic: The family's Eocene-to-Miocene history falls within this era.

• HyaenodontaNarrower topic: The order’s history spans much of this era’s changing mammal communities.

• MesonychidaeNarrower topic: The family's entire known history falls within this era of mammalian diversification.

• PhorusrhacidaeNarrower topic: Phorusrhacids lived during this era, especially in the Paleogene and Neogene.

• Putorana PlateauNarrower topic: Later uplift and erosion shaped the plateau after its ancient volcanic foundations formed.

• SparassodontaNarrower topic: Sparassodonts lived and diversified during this era.

• ToxodonNarrower topic: Toxodon’s entire known existence falls within this era.

• ChalicotheriidaeNarrower topic: Chalicotheriidae evolved and disappeared during this era.

• Hoggar MountainsRelated: Much of the Hoggar’s volcanic activity occurred during this era.

• PelagornithidaeNarrower topic: The family’s fossil record spans much of this era before its eventual extinction.

• AepycamelusNarrower topic: Aepycamelus belongs to the long period of mammalian diversification following the end-Cretaceous extinction.

• DromornisNarrower topic: Dromornis lived during this era, long after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.

• EntelodontidaeNarrower topic: Entelodonts lived during this era of mammalian diversification.

• MeiolaniaNarrower topic: Meiolania lived during this era, with fossils spanning much of its later history.

• Mount Edziza volcanic complexNarrower topic: The complex’s volcanic history unfolded during this era.