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Chapter 15—Cenozoic Events CHAPTER OVERVIEW The Cenozoic Era is divided by most geologists into two periods: the Paleogene and the Neogene. This “newer” approach represents a move to an equal division of the epochs and also a more natural way of dividing Cenozoic rocks in Europe. The Cenozoic, although covering only the last 66 million years, represents major worldwide changes. One such change occurred when the North Atlantic rift extended to the north, separating Greenland from Scandinavia and thereby destroying the land connection between Europe and North America. During the late Eoc