time periods

  • Precambrian

    Precambrian
    544+ million years ago.
    Earth's first era of time!
    first single celled organisms began to appear.
    Soft bodied animals emerged, such as, jelly fish!
  • Paleozoic

    Paleozoic
    542-251 million years ago
    Shallow seas begin to form for the fist time.
    Forrests and plants begin to flourish
    Fish population greatly increases
    Towards the end of this era, large animals begin to emerge.
  • Mesozoic

    Mesozoic
    251-65 millions years ago
    "The age of Dinosours!"
    includes three divisions of time:
    Triassic
    Jurrasic
    Cretaceous New animal species begin to appear.
    angiosperms
  • Cenozoic

    Cenozoic
    65 million years ago to the present
    Continents break away from pangea and move roughly to their location as of today.
    Dinosours are extinct
    The age of mammals!
    This era includes the ice age and modern day.