Oligocene

Oligocene

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System/ Period	Series/ Epoch	Stage/ Age	Age (Ma)

Neogene	Miocene	Aquitanian	younger

Paleogene	Oligocene	Chattian	23.03	27.82

Rupelian	27.82	33.9

Eocene	Priabonian	33.9	37.8

Bartonian	37.8	41.2

Lutetian	41.2	47.8

Ypresian	47.8	56.0

Paleocene	Thanetian	56.0	59.2

Selandian	59.2	61.6

Danian	61.6	66.0

Cretaceous	Upper/ Late	Maastrichtian	older

Subdivision of the Paleogene Period according to the ICS, as of 2017.

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The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period.

final_sentence: The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period.