Geological Time Pt. 4 – Discover the eras of the Cenozoic era (the age of mammals)!
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Host/Producer/Writer: Andrew Barnes
Researcher: Harnawaz Boparai
Director of Photography/Editor: Carson Wilds
Paleoartist: Claudio P. Estrada Clamont
Logo Artist: Jesse Wilds

Image credits…

Original paleoart by Claudio P. Estrada Clamont:
1. Victorian Cretaceous Polar Forest

Other asset credits:

1. Satellite image of Earth centered on Australia
Source: https://sciencephotogallery.com/featured/australia-satellite-image-nasanoaa.html
Image credit: Nasanoaa

2. List of geological time units
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
Image credits: Wikipedia

3. List of Cenozoic eras
Source: http://thebarefoothomeschoolingmom.blogspot.com/2021/08/learning-about-geologic-history.html
Image credit: Brandy Nicole

4. Paleocene forest mammals
Source: https://research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/concepts/deep-time/paleocene
Image credit: Excerpt from Rudolph F. Zallinger’s mural “The Age of Mammals”

5. Rainforests cover the Earth
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/rainforest-jungle-forest-nature-7399285/
Image credit: Harry Burgess from Pixabay

6. Eocene Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Source: doi:10.1029/2004PA001014
Image credit: Matthew Huber, Henk Brinkhuis, Catherine E. Stickley, Kristofer Döös, Appy Sluijs, Jeroen Warnaar, Stephen A. Schellenberg and Graham L. Williams.

7. Eocene Murgon Swamp
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/bayou-swamp-marsh-wetland-439881/
Image credit: JamesDeMers from Pixabay

8. Eocene Tingamarra fauna
Source: https://www.palaeocast.com/episode-24-marsupial-evolution/
Image credit: Peter Schouten from the book “The Ark of the Antipodes”

9. Oligocene Australian grasslands
Source: https://www.sci.news/paleontology/mukupirna-fortidentata-11793.html
Image credit: Peter Schouten

10. Miocene Riversleigh Fauna
Source: https://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/
Image credit: Michael Archer et al. by Courtesy Reed Books

11. Pliocene Antarctic glaciation
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/nature-winter-season-chile-1463830/
Image credit: LuisValiente from Pixabay

12. Pliocene propleopine kangaroo
Source: doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3428-1_35
Image credit: Artist not declared.

13. Australopithecus afarensis
Source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/lucy-discovered-africa/
Image credit: Wikimedia

14. Ice Age Predators Pursuing a Baby Mammoth
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/hodarinundu/art/Back-in-the-Cold-Days-866020902
Image Credit: HodariNundu

15. Aboriginal rock art
Source: https://mashable.com/article/aboriginal-australians-oldest-on-earth
Image credit: UIG via Getty Images

16. Glacial collapse
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220977-collapse-of-antarctic-ice-may-have-been-centuries-in-the-making/
Image credit: James Smith

17. Human Civilization – Sydney
Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/sydney-opera-house-harbor-4079191/
Image credit: stanbalik from Pixabay.

18. Koala amidst deforestation
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/picture/2013/may/01/koala-rescued-deforestation-australia-big-picture
Image credit: SON

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