Cenozoic Era

Question 1

2 cenozoic orogenic belts

Answer 1

alpine-himalayan orogenic belt, circum-pacific

Question 2

abrupt warming trend 55 MYA

Answer 2

paleocene-eocene thermal maximum

Question 3

dominant flightless birds, paleogene

Answer 3

diatryma

Question 4

3 mammal groups

Answer 4

monotremes, marsupials, placental

Question 5

shrews, moles, hedgehogs

Answer 5

insectivora

Question 6

40% of mammals

Answer 6

rodentia

Question 7

rodent like with long powerful hind limbs

Answer 7

lagomorpha

Question 8

winged mammal

Answer 8

chiroptera

Question 9

bears, seals, skunks, dogs

Answer 9

carnivora

Question 10

hoofed mammals of artiodactyla and perissodactyla

Answer 10

ungulate

Question 11

even toed hoofs

Answer 11

artiodactyla

Question 12

odd toed hoofs

Answer 12

perissodactyla

Question 13

earliest member of the horse family

Answer 13

hyracotherium

Question 14

giant land dwelling mammals

Answer 14

proboscidea

Question 15

blue whales

Answer 15

cetacea

Question 16

manatee and dugong

Answer 16

sirenia

Question 17

ice age

Answer 17

pleistocene

Question 18

first primate appearance

Answer 18

primata

Question 19

lower primates

Answer 19

prosimii

Question 20

higher primates

Answer 20

anthropoidea

Question 21

3 anthropoidea families

Answer 21

cercopithecoidea, ceboidea, hominoidea

Question 22

close set, downward directed nostrils

Answer 22

cercopothecoidae

Question 23

flattish face, widely separated nostrils

Answer 23

ceboidae

Question 24

3 hominoidae families

Answer 24

pongidae, hylobatidae, hominidae

Question 25

evolved in africa during the miocene

Answer 25

dryopithecenes

Question 26

powerful jaws and thick-enameled teeth with flat chewing surfaces, suggesting a diet of harder and coarser foods, including nuts.

Answer 26

sivapithecids

Question 27

oldest known hominid

Answer 27

sahelanthropus tchadensis

Question 28

where was sahelanthropus tchadensis found

Answer 28

chad's djurab desert, 2002

Question 29

6 MYA hominid

Answer 29

orrorin tugenensis

Question 30

term for all austrolopithecus

Answer 30

austrolopithicene

Question 31

5 austrolopithicenes

Answer 31

anamensis, afarensis, africanus, robustus, boisei

Question 32

oldest austrolopithicene

Answer 32

anamensis

Question 33

where was anamensis found

Answer 33

kanapoi, lake turkana, kenya, 4.2 mya

Question 34

3.9 to 3 mya hominid

Answer 34

afarensis

Question 35

3 to 2.3 mya hominid

Answer 35

africanus

Question 36

earliest homo genus

Answer 36

homo habilis

Question 37

where was homo habilis found

Answer 37

olduvai gorge, tanzania

Question 38

700 cc brain size

Answer 38

homo habilis

Question 39

800 to 1300 cc brain size

Answer 39

homo erectus

Question 40

where was neanderthals found

Answer 40

neander valley, dusseldorf, germany

Question 41

successors to neanderthals

Answer 41

cro-magnon