Colomn

The Geologic Colomn

  • 21,000 BCE

    proterozonic

    proterozonic
    simple multicellular sea creatures develop
    algae and plankton develop eukaryotic cells develop
  • 11,476 BCE

    hadean

    hadean
    formation of earth [uninhabitable]
  • 5420 BCE

    cambrian

    cambrian
    sudden exploxion of life trilobites dominant rise of other
    marine invertebrates some vertebrates
  • 4883 BCE

    Ordovician

    Ordovician
    trilobites abundant vertebrates increase
  • 4337 BCE

    silurian

    silurian
    land colonized by antropods and plants
  • 4160 BCE

    devonian

    devonian
    first amphibians freshwater fish wingless insects
  • 4000 BCE

    archean

    archean
    earth becomes habitable spontaneous generation of first cell
    rise of bacteria and cyanobacteria
  • 3592 BCE

    mississippian

    mississippian
    amphibians spread sharks and bony fish winged insect
  • 3181 BCE

    pennsylvanian

    pennsylvanian
    giant insects first reptiles
  • 2990 BCE

    permian

    permian
    modern insects reptiles spread evergreens winged insects
  • 2510 BCE

    triassic

    triassic
    first dinosaurs rise of mammal like reptiles
  • 1996 BCE

    jurassic

    jurassic
    giant dinosaurs early birds first mammals
  • 1455 BCE

    cretaceous

    cretaceous
    mass extencion flowering plants appear
  • 655 BCE

    paleonce epoch

    paleonce epoch
    early mammals become dominant rise of modern birds
  • 558 BCE

    eocene eponch

    eocene eponch
    first horse
  • 530 BCE

    pliocene epoch

    pliocene epoch
    peak of mammals modern invertebrates
  • 339 BCE

    oligocene epoch

    oligocene epoch
    primitive apes whales first modern mammals
  • 230 BCE

    miocene epoch

    miocene epoch
    rise of grazing mammals
  • 180 BCE

    pleistocene epoch

    pleistocene epoch
    Ice Age mass extinctions rise of man
  • 114 BCE

    recent epoch

    recent epoch
    end of last Ice Age rise of human civilization