Multiple choice

Tertiary period had five epochs. Select the correct order in which these epochs appeared in the geological time scale from ancient to more recent times.

  1. Palaeocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene

  2. Palaeocene-Pliocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene

  3. Oligocene-Palaeocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene

  4. Palaeocene-Eocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Pliocene

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Explanation

The Tertiary period is divided into five epochs in chronological order: Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene. This sequence represents the progression of geological time from approximately 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.