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Paleozoic-Era
There is very little plant life during this period. -
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Paleozoic-Era
First flowering plants appear- angiosperm -
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Paleozoic-Era
Nearly half of the valuable mineral deposits in the world occur in the rocks of this period. -
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Paleozoic-Era
Early reptiles resembling large lizards. -
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Paleozoic-Era
Shelled brachiopods appear. -
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Paleozoic-Era
Colonies of tiny invertebrates call graptolites flourished and vertebrates appear, fish did not have jaws or teeth and their bodies were covered with bony plates. -
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Paleocene Epoch
First primates evolve. -
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Paleocene Epoch
Species that did not evolve to survive extreme cold moved to warmer climate areas or became extinct (dire wolf & giant ground sloth) -
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Pangea
Himalayas develop due to uplifting caused by the Indian subcontinent and Eurasian continents colliding. -
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Precambrian
Giant Cockroaches appear. -
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Permian Period
Some scientists believe that human kind has caused mass extinctions of plant and animal species, polluted the oceans and altered the atmosphere. -
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Permian Period
Small rodents evolve. -
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Mesozoic-Era
Whoa those dinos are getting big & dominate the land- Lizard-hipped and bird-hipped appear- carnivores and herbivores have arrived. -
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Carboniferous Period
Swamps and forests cover the land. -
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Carboniferous Period
Coal deposits form. -
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Cenozoic-Era
Homosapien (modern humans) appeared & are hunters. -
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Cenozoic-Era
Many early mammal become extinct, clams and snails flourish. -
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Cretaceous-Era
Flying reptiles called pterosaurs are in the air now. -
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Cretaceous-Era
Impact Hypothesis- dinosaur mass extinction. -
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Cretaceous-Era
Environmental change causes mass extinction of sea invertebrates (trilobites & eurypterids) as the seas retreat. -
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Devonian-Era
Huge plants begin to develop, early amphibians form. -
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Ordovician-Era
Appalachian Mountains are created because of the collision of tectonic plates & savannahs form. -
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Archaean-Era
The presence of stromatolites indicates that shallow seas covered much of Earth during intervals in this period. -
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Messinian-Era
Mediterranean Sea dries up and refills several times due to tectonic forces and dropping sea levels. -
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Early Cambrian Period
Trilobites appear. -
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Eocene Period
Ages of fishes, fish that can breath out of the water and spend time on land form. -
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Late Eocene Period
First modern horses appear. -
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Silurian Period
Eurypterids (sea scorpions), sea stars and coral become more common. -
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Silurian Period
Vascular land plants and animals, such as scorpions begin to evolve on land. -
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Bronze/ Iron-Age(s)
Modern human developed agriculture and used tools made of bronze and iron. -
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Triassic Period
Welcome to the world of the Dinosaur! Enter the squirrel sized dinosaur & the first5 forest dwelling mammals appear. -
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Triassic Period
Ichthyosaurus are living in the ocean, new invertebrates call ammonite develop. -
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Huronian Epoch
Antarctic icecaps begin to form. -
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Genomic-Era
Various species migrated between continents across land bridges. -
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Genomic-Era
The last glacial ended and sea levels rose, Great Lakes formed. -
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Ice-Age
World wide temperatures drop about 4 degrees celsius (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit) -
Early Modern Epoch
There is argument as to when this epoch began, some scientist think it began with industrial age in the early 1800's other think it began with the atomic age in the 1950's. -
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Gestation-Era
Flying squirrels, whales and bats appear.