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-Pliocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene

  2. Palaeocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene

  3. Palaeocene-Eocene-Oligocene-Miocene-Pliocene

  4. Oligocene-Palaeocene-Miocene-Eocene-Pliocene

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct chronological order of the five epochs of the Tertiary period (now Paleogene and Neogene) is Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene.