Geologic Time Scale - Happeney

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  • Precambrian Time 4600 MYA

    Precambrian Time 4600 MYA
    The Earth formed from plantary nebula. Oldest age-dated rocks on Earth. Fossil algae and stomatolites (prokaryotes).Fossil evidence to bacteria. Fossil evidence of cells with a nucleus (eukaryotes). First multi-celled organisms (seaweed and algae). Older marine worms and jellyfish.
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    Geologic Time Scale in One Canendar Year

  • Origin of Life (first cell) 3900 MYA

    Origin of Life (first cell) 3900 MYA
    3900 million years ago.

  • Prokaryotes 3600 MYA

    Prokaryotes 3600 MYA

  • Eukaryotes 2100 MYA

    Eukaryotes 2100 MYA

  • Paloezoic Era 544 MYA

    Paloezoic Era 544 MYA

  • Cambrian Period 544 MYA

    Cambrian Period 544 MYA
    Burgess Shale animals. Animals with a notochord.

  • Ordovician Period 544 MYA

    Ordovician Period 544 MYA
    First fish. First fossil evidence of land plants,

  • Silurian Period 438 MYA

    Silurian Period 438 MYA
    First vascular land plants. Oldest lung fish fossil.

  • Devonian Period 408 MYA

    Devonian Period 408 MYA
    Older fossil evidence of mosses. First insects. First lobe-finned fish. First land animal. First shark. First seed plants.

  • Mississippian Period 360 MYA

    Mississippian Period 360 MYA
    First possible reptiles.

  • Pennsylvanian Period

    Pennsylvanian Period
    Permian system begins. Snail-backed reptiles (Dimetrodon). End of Pakeozoic, 96%of all life on Earth perished.

  • Mesozic Era "The Age of Reptiles" 245 MYA

    Mesozic Era "The Age of Reptiles" 245 MYA

  • Triassic Period 245 MYA

    Triassic Period 245 MYA
    First crocodiles. First dinosaurs. First mammals (shrew like). First turtles.

  • Jurassic Period 208 MYA

    Jurassic Period 208 MYA
    Dilophosaurus, early dinosaur. First bird- Archeopteryx. Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus. Stegosaurus.

  • Cretaceous Period 144 MYA

    Cretaceous Period 144 MYA
    First flowering plants. Duck-billed dinosaurs. Protoceratops. Triceratops. Tyrannosaurus Rex. Velociraptor. End of Mesozoic, probably meteor or comet impact.

  • Cenozic Era - The Age of Mammals - 65 MYA

    Cenozic Era - The Age of Mammals - 65 MYA

  • Tertiary Period 65 MYA

    Tertiary Period 65 MYA
    First ancestors of dogs and cats -65 MYA. Grasses become widespread - 60 MYA. First ancestors of pigs and deer - 57 MYA. First horses - 55 MYA. First ancestors of rabbits 45 MYA. First monkey - 39 MYA. Oldest human like ancestors (hominids) - 4 MYA.

  • Quaternary Period 2 MYA

    Quaternary Period 2 MYA
    First of 4 ice ages - 1 MYA. Oldest direct human - ancestor fossil, Homo habilis - 1 MYA. First modern man, Homo sapiens - 0.1 MYA. Mammoth and mastodon bones - 0.05 MYA. Revolutionary War - 235 years ago. World War Two - 70 years ago.