#Paleocene Epoch, first major worldwide division of rocks and time of the Paleogene Period, spanning the interval between 66 million and 56 million years ago. The Paleocene Epoch was preceded by the Cretaceous Period and was followed by the Eocene Epoch.— with Field Museum at Field Museum. #Protungulatum ('first ungulate') is an extinct genus of eutherian mammals within extinct family Protungulatidae,[2][6] and is possibly one of the earliest known placental mammals in the fossil
Dissacus navajovius and Ankalagon saurognathus #sciart #eocene #paleocene #new_mexico #mesonychidae #mesonychia #dissacus

#ThinSectionThursday Some new photographs taken today from a rock collected during my PhD work on the island of Rum, a lonnggg time ago!

The rock is a lovely fresh gabbro from Unit 3 of the Rum Layered Intrusion. Pic shows small rectangular-ish crystals of plagioclase, a large irregular xl of olivine (centre) all embedded in a single large oikocryst of clinpyroxene. Field of view about 3.5mm wide.

More info on each image in in Alt txt.

#Geology #Igneous #Microscopy #Rum #Paleocene

Yantanglestes rotundus and lunch #paleocene #china #mesonchidae #mesonychia #yantanglestes