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The 26 pages that link to Oligocene, each with the reason it gives.

• EoceneRelated: It records the cooler conditions established after the Eocene–Oligocene transition.

• C4 carbon fixationRelated: Many C4 lineages diversified as global conditions and grassland habitats changed.

• MesohippusRelated: Most Mesohippus fossils come from this epoch.

• Antarctic glaciationRelated: The epoch captures the early history of the continent’s expanded ice cover.

• NimravidaeRelated: Many well-known nimravids lived during this interval.

• BrontotheriidaeRelated: Brontotheres did not persist into this epoch, making their disappearance part of its boundary story.

• HyaenodonRelated: Some Hyaenodon species survived into this epoch before the genus disappeared.

• MammutidaeRelated: Mammutids emerged in the fossil record around the Oligocene.

• AmphicyonidaeRelated: Amphicyonids diversified during this interval as mammal communities changed.

• ParaceratheriumRelated: Paraceratherium lived during this interval as Eurasian climates and habitats changed.

• Badlands National ParkRelated: Many of the park’s best-known mammal fossils come from this epoch.

• MoeritheriumRelated: Some Moeritherium fossils date to this epoch, extending its record beyond the Eocene.

• AnthracotheriumRelated: Oligocene deposits preserve important records of anthracotheres across Eurasia and Africa.

• AnoplotheriidaeRelated: Anoplotheriidae persisted into the Oligocene, after their prominent Eocene record.

• CainotheriidaeRelated: Cainotheriids persisted into this later epoch.

• EntelodontidaeRelated: Many well-known entelodont fossils date to this interval.

• ProtoceratidaeRelated: Protoceratids diversified during the Oligocene, including forms such as Protoceras.