Geologic Timeline

Precambrian Time

Period: 2578 BCE to 1481

4,600 to 541 mya

Paleozoic Era

Period: 1481 to 1768

541 to 252 mya

Phanerozoic Eon

Period: 1481 to 2022

541 mya to Present

Cambrian

Period: 1481 to 1537

541 to 485 mya

Plants from the Cambrian

1490

Animal From The Cambrian

1530

Ordovician

Period: 1537 to 1578

485 to 444 mya

Plant from the Ordovician

1540

Animal from the Ordovician

1575

Silurian

Period: 1578 to 1603

444 to 419 mya

Plants in the Silurian Period

1580

Animal from the Silurian

1600

Devonian

Period: 1603 to 1663

419 to 359 mya

Plants from the Devonian

1605

Animal from the Devonian

1660

Carboniferous

Period: 1663 to 1721

359 to 299 mya

Plants from the Carboniferous

1665

Animals from the Carboniferous

1720

Permian

Period: 1723 to 1770

299 to 252 mya

Plants from the Permian

1725

Animals from the Permian

1765

Mesozoic Era

Period: 1770 to 1955

252 mya to 66 mya

Triassic

Period: 1770 to 1821

252 to 201 mya

Plants from the Triassic

1775

Animals from the Triassic

1820

Jurassic

Period: 1821 to 1877

201 to 145

Plants from the Jurassic

1825

Animals from the Jurassic

1875

Cretaceous

Period: 1877 to 1956

145 to 66 mya

Plants from the Cretaceous

1880

Animals from the Cretaceous

1955

Cenozoic Era

Period: 1956 to 2022

66 mya to present

Paleogene

Period: 1956 to 1997

66 to 23 mya

Plants from the Paleogene

1960

Animals from the Paleogene

1995

Neogene

Period: 1999 to 2019

23 to 2.58 mya

Plants from the Neogene

2000

Animals from the Neogene

2010

Quaternary

Period: 2019 to 2022

2.85 mya to present

Plants from the Quaternary

2020

Animals from the Quaternary

2020

Animals from the Quaternary

2020