| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| EOCENE | Epoch that saw the dawn of modern mammals |
| EOCENE | Epoch that saw the rise of mammals |
| EOCENE | Epoch that saw the advent of mammals |
| creodont | any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carni |
