Eocene (source code)
= Eocene
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The <Eocene> is a <Palaeogene> epoch following the <Paleocene>, approximately $56$ to $33.9$ million years ago.<International Chronostratigraphic Chart by International Commission on Stratigraphy (2026-06)>[Eocene row]{ref} Its strata are used in <paleoclimate> reconstruction, where <oxygen isotope ratios> and other material properties must be calibrated against the physical conditions that produced them. The stratigraphic label identifies time, rather than one globally uniform sediment type.
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