Tertiary period

Movement on them is thought to have taken place in the Tertiary period.

Mammals really got going during the early Tertiary period, about 66 to 57 million years ago.

Further volcanic activity took place during the Tertiary period, some 66 million years ago.

Europe's present shape dates to the late Tertiary period about five million years ago.

In the Tertiary period the area was covered by thick forests.

The territory is made up of land belonging to the Tertiary period.

The Tertiary period was a time of rising and falling local temperatures.

They differ widely in age but were probably formed during the Tertiary period.

Grapevines evolved as a climbing plant in the Tertiary period, about 60 million years ago.

Near the beginning of the Tertiary Period, the climate was warm and temperate.

Instead, the most marked erosion took place during the Tertiary period, entirely under a tropical climate.

During the tertiary period this island was separated from the Asian mainland by a shallow sea.

Most often, they arose during the Tertiary period and, in some cases, active epeirogenic phenomena are still taking place.

The ground is mostly composed of Tertiary period rocks known for producing high-quality clay.

The leguminosae have an abundant and diverse fossil record, especially for the Tertiary period.

Its range was more extended in the Tertiary period and many species are adapted to laurel forest habitat.

The mountain massif has been formed in the Tertiary Period.

Died out before the Tertiary period began.

The district is entirely covered by the Deccan trap flows of the tertiary period.

It was the glorious and wild vegetation of the Tertiary period, in all its superb magnificence.

The syncline was buried in younger rocks of the Tertiary Period.

More recent sea level changes led in the Tertiary period to flooding of the region and the deposition of sand.

Within the stratum laid down during the Tertiary period, abundant coal deposits are found.

The shaping of the present Moselle landscape began in the Tertiary period.

The Tertiary period of the geologic time scale.