miocene epoch


  P.698 - §2 Thus drew to a close a very eventful and interesting period of the world's history. This age of the elephant and the horse is known as the Miocene.

The Miocene epoch covers the period between 23 mya and 5 mya. (The UB says that Miocene epoch is between 25mya and 10 mya.)

This was the age of elephants and horses.