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The 28 pages that link to Pliocene, each with the reason it gives.

• PleistoceneCompared with: Its warmer climate preceded the onset of recurring Northern Hemisphere glaciation.

• MioceneCompared with: The Pliocene continued cooling and preceded the repeated glaciations of the Pleistocene.

• AustralopithecusNarrower topic: Much of Australopithecus’s known history falls within this epoch.

• NeogeneBroader topic: It follows the Miocene and ends as northern ice sheets expand.

• Messinian salinity crisisNarrower topic: Its opening coincided with Mediterranean refilling and renewed Atlantic exchange.

• Lomekwi 3Narrower topic: Lomekwi’s tools belong to this epoch, well before the Pleistocene Oldowan record.

• LaetoliNarrower topic: Laetoli’s deposits preserve evidence from this epoch’s environments and inhabitants.

• Lake TurkanaRelated: Sediments around the lake preserve fossils from this pivotal interval.

• Australopithecus anamensisNarrower topic: The species lived during the Pliocene, when several early hominins appeared in Africa.

• OrrorinCompared with: Orrorin predates many familiar early hominins found in Pliocene deposits.

• DeinotheriumNarrower topic: Deinotherium survived into the Pliocene as environments and mammal communities changed.

• Paranthropus aethiopicusNarrower topic: Most of the species’ known time range falls within the Pliocene.

• DeinotheriidaeRelated: Some deinothere lineages survived into this epoch.

• MegalodonRelated: Megalodon survived into the early Pliocene before its last known fossil occurrences.

• PelagornisRelated: Pelagornis fossils extend into this epoch, near the end of the genus's known range.

• SivatheriumNarrower topic: Sivatherium’s history began during this epoch, when African and Eurasian environments were changing.

• ToxodonRelated: Toxodon’s fossil record begins in this epoch.

• Australopithecus bahrelghazaliNarrower topic: The species lived during this epoch's changing African environments.

• ChalicotheriumNarrower topic: Some Chalicotherium fossils come from this later epoch.

• DinofelisNarrower topic: Many Dinofelis fossils come from this interval of its long history.

• DorcatheriumNarrower topic: Pliocene fossils extend the genus's record beyond its Miocene occurrences.

• TeleocerasRelated: Some Teleoceras records extend into this later epoch.

• TitanisNarrower topic: Titanis lived in North America during this epoch.

• CeratogaulusRelated: Ceratogaulus persisted into this later interval of the Cenozoic.

• HipparionNarrower topic: Some Hipparion lineages survived into this later epoch.

• NyctereutesRelated: Some of the genus's early fossils date to this epoch.

• PalaeomerycidaeRelated: Some palaeomerycids survived into this later interval.

• ProtoceratidaeRelated: Protoceratidae survived into the Pliocene before its last known members disappeared.