The Paleocene Epoch lokaci ne na ilimin kasa wanda ya faru kimanin shekaru 66 zuwa 56 da suka wuce, nan da nan bayan bala'in bacewar jama'a wanda ya nuna ƙarshen lokacin Cretaceous. Shi ne zamanin farko na zamanin Paleogene kuma yana da alaƙa da bambance-bambancen dabbobi masu shayarwa da bullowar ƙungiyoyin tsuntsaye da tsirrai na zamani. Sunan "Paleocene" ya fito ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "paleo" ma'ana "tsohuwar" da "kainos" ma'ana "sabo," yana nuna matsayin lokacin a matsayin lokacin tsaka-tsaki tsakanin zamanin Mesozoic da Cenozoic.