What could a scientist do to determine what era the Eocene period belongs to on the geologic time scale?

The Eocene is an epoch within the Paleogene period, which belongs to the Cenozoic era. Studying information about the Cenozoic would therefore show which era contains the Eocene. The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Precambrian are older parts of geologic time.

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