Pliocene Epoch

Increase in grassland and savannas

The Pliocene Epoch (5.3-2.6 Ma) is in the Neogene Period of the Cenozoic Era. It occurs before the Pleistocene, and after the Miocene Epoch.

Geologic Age

Subdivisions

Eon / Era / Period

What happened during this time?

Biological

Geophysical