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During the Tertiary Period the dominant organisms were mammals. These mammals included the many different types of dinosaurs that were roaming the earth 65 million years ago. Other organisms included bony fish such as bass and trout, flowering plants, insects, and birds.
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Did humans live during the tertiary period?
The Tertiary period happened after the extinction that took place during the Cretaceous period, so mammals saw a great diversification, the most notable of which was the movement from eating from trees to eating grass. Along with these mammals, birds also became the dominant animals in land ecosystems.
Which living organisms are importants in ecosystem?
The living organisms that are dominant in a particular ecosystem depends on the ecosystem. In the rainforest for example, plants are the dominant organisms. In the desert, the animals are the dominant organisms.
How can biomagnification affect tertiary levels?
by killing organisms
Did the K-T extinction occur before or during the Tertiary period?
The Tertiary Period (65.5 to 2.588Ma) is the informal name for the geological period that followed the K-T extinction event. So the K-T event happened before the Tertiary. In fact "K-T" is actually short for Cretaceous-Tertiary as it marked the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Tertiary.The lower tertiary is more formally known as the Paleogene Period(65.5 - 23.03 Ma) and the upper Tertiary is more formally known as the Neogene Period(23.03 - 2.588Ma).
What were the dominant organisms in the mesozoic era?
Dinosaurs
What were the dominant organisms in the permian period?
dimetrodon was the dominANT SPECIES OF THE permian period
What are some dominant organisms that lived in the tertiary period?
animals life ish
Dominant organisms in tertiary time period?
The dominant organisms living at the Cretaceous period or time were first primates and flowering plants. This was the time when the extinction of the dinosaurs took place.
What are the unique organisms of the tertiary period?
uintatherium plesiadapis ans hyracotherium
What dominant organisms lived during the Jurassic period?
Dinosaurs.
What were the dominant organisms during the Cretaceous period?
My cousin lenny
What were the dominant organisms living at the time of cretaceous period?
dinosaurs
What was the dominant animal of the Eocene Epoch?
The Eocene Epoch was the second epoch of the Tertiary Period. During this time, mammals were the dominant form of animal life.
What were the dominant organisms living during the triassic period?
Adam And Eve
What were the dominant organisms living during the permian period?
a shark and a snail
What were the dominant organisms in the Jurassic period?
Bacteria. Always have been, always will.
What were the dominant organisms living in the vendian time period?
Metazoans were abundant during the Vendian Period.
