The second and final epoch of the Neogene period, spanning 5.33 million to 2.58 million years ago and closing out the period just before the start of the Quaternary. Its early millions of years included the Pliocene Warm Interval, distinctly warmer than today, before global cooling resumed toward its end. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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During the Pliocene, from about 5.3 to 2.7 Ma, another warm interval occurred, being known as the Pliocene Warm Interval (PWI).
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