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TER TIAR Y PERIOD


                   THE EARTH DURING THE TERTIARY PERIOD                 EXAMPLES OF TERTIARY ANIMALS

              North America  Appalachian Mountains
               Rocky
                               Pyrenees  Europe  Alps
            Mountains                              Asia  Continental
                                                        sea
             Sierra
             Nevada




                                                                                   AN EXTINCT MAMMAL
                                                                                   (Arsinoitherium)
                                                                    Zagros
                                                                    Mountains


                                                                        Himalayas

                                                                        Tethys Sea


                                                                       Australia
                                                                                      AN EXTINCT MAMMAL
                                                                                      (Merycoidodon culbertsonii)


                                                                   India
         Andes
            South
          America
             Atlantic                                  Indian
              Ocean                                    Ocean
                 Atlas
              Mountains
                      Africa
                              Antarctica  Vegetation
                                                                AN EXTINCT PRIMATE       AN EXTINCT
                                                                (Aegyptopithecus sp.)    GASTROPOD MOLLUSK
                                                                                         (Ecphora quadricostata)

















               MAMMUT                                        TETRALOPHODON
               Group: Mammutidae                             Group: Gomphotheriidae
               Length: 8 ft (2.5 m)                          Length:  8 ft (2.5 m)

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