"First lemurs; some modern groups of birds". Modern is a concept in the evolution narrative. The Paleocene is recent, therefore according to the narrative anything different about it can be called modern. It's meaningless.
Lemurs and Birds
Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae and Juglandaceae
"Angiosperms having affinities with Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae, Juglandaceae". This may seem random but it's nuanced evolution narrative, you just have to know something about the development of Angiosperms.
Continued Inundation of Embayments and Synclines
"Continued inundation of embayments and synclines". That's how you describe a world-wide flood without saying the words world-wide flood. This is another phrase to add to our list of Paleodoublespeak terms.
Trend From Temperate Climates to Subtropical
"Trend from temperate climate to subtropical". That sounds suspiciously like a way to say that it started raining a lot. Some seasonal variations? No kidding? It started raining, then it stopped raining.
August 21st
The Paleocene is an ecosystem which has been destroyed, transported and buried in sediment during a world-wide flood.
Matthew 2000
Matty's Paradigm began years ago as a little booklet called Matthew 2000, published in 1999, in which we effervesced about our salvation and our excitement at beginning to understand science in Biblical terms.