Oligocene

Connected Sites: 8

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present . .. [it] refers to the sparsity of additional modern mammalian species of fauna after a burst of evolution during the Eocene. (wiki)

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Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
Australia
Inscribed: 1994
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The Older Fossils Occur At Riversleigh, Which Boasts An Outstanding Collection From The Oligocene To Miocene, Some 10-30 Million Years Ago. The More Recent Story Then Moves To Naracoorte, Where One Of The Richest Deposits Of Vertebrate Fossils From The Glacial Periods Of The Mid-Pleistocene To The Current Day (From 530,000 Years Ago To The Present) Is Conserved. (Nom File)
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Russia
Inscribed: 1996
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It Is Also Among The Clearest Of All Lakes, And Thought To Be The World's Oldest Lake At 25 Million Years (Wiki)
Papahanaumokuakea
Papahanaumokuakea
United States of America
Inscribed: 2010
3.11
8
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The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Were Formed, Approximately 7 To 30 Million Years Ago, As Shield Volcanoes Over The Same Volcanic Hotspot That Formed The Emperor Seamounts To The North And The Main Hawaiian Islands To The South.(Wiki)
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum
Jordan
Inscribed: 2011
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Die Landschaft Entstand Vor Ca. 30 Mio. Jahren. (Wiki)
Simien National Park
Simien National Park
Ethiopia
Inscribed: 1978
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This Complex Was Formed By Volcanic Eruptions In The Teniary Oligocene-Miocene Age Some 20-30 Million Years Ago; Ever Since, It Has Been Going Through Processes Of Uplifting And Erosion
See Simienpark.Org
Tajik National Park
Tajik National Park
Tajikistan
Inscribed: 2013
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Tnp Includes Branches Of The Grandiose Central-Asian Mountain Ranges Which Are The Result Of The Uplifting Of The Pamirs Which Started 25 Millions Years Ago And Which Is Still Ongoing. (Nom File)
China Danxia
China Danxia
China
Inscribed: 2010
3.20
80
3
About 23 Ma Ago, Movement Of The Himalayan Range, Disturbed The Land Around Guandong, China Creating Much Uplift And Completely Changing The Topography Of The Area. (Wiki)
Chaîne des Puys
Chaîne des Puys
France
Inscribed: 2018
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119
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The 30-Km-Long Limagne Fault Escarpment As The Expression Of Continental Break-Up, Subsidence And Sedimentation Which Took Place Between 37 And 25 Ma (Million Years Ago) (Ab Eval)