Pliocene: 5.3-1.6mya (17 апр 5300000 г. до нашей эры – 17 апр 1600000 г. до нашей эры)

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Climate: Antarctica freezes over
Brief warm period
Colder again
Northern ice cap forms
Continental movement: Continues
Australia: Colliding with Timor region. Migration of plants and animals from north
Tasmania: Gets to latitude 42° south. Cool, temperate, and moist.
Vegetation history: 5mya sub-tropical species migrate to refuge in Queensland and New Guinea
Invasion by Asian plants from the north. Myrtacea dominates.
2mya Dry sclerophyll, woodlands, and deserts expand.

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