The Lovely of February The Cenozoic Era: Changes In The Naming System

But these divisions don’t seem appropriate in the light of current understanding about the geologic changes that occurred during the Cenozoic. New terms are being used that relate more closely and accurately to the stratigraphy of the planet: Paleogene for the early part of the Cenozoic including the early two-thirds of the Tertiary Period, and Neogene for the last part of the Tertiary and the Quaternary. Suffice it to say, regardless of what it is called, the geology that occurred remains the same!

But let us not forget that the Cenozoic Era is a geologic classification and get back to the geology that distinguishes this period.