Geologic Timeline

  • Period: 2578 BCE to 1481

    Precambrian Time

    4,600-541 MYA
  • 1481

    Cambrian Period Plant

    Cambrian Period Plant
  • Period: 1481 to

    Phanerzoic Eon

    541 MYA-Present (2022)
  • Period: 1481 to

    Paleozoic Era

    541 to 252 MYA
  • Period: 1481 to 1537

    Cambrian Peroid

    541-485 MYA
  • 1536

    Cambrian Period Animal

    Cambrian Period Animal
  • 1537

    Ordovician Period Animal

    Ordovician Period Animal
  • Period: 1537 to 1578

    Ordovician Period

    485-444 MYA
  • 1577

    Ordovician Period Plant

    Ordovician Period Plant
  • 1578

    Silurian Period Plant

    Silurian Period Plant
  • Period: 1578 to

    Silurian Period

    444-419 MYA
  • Silurian Period Plant

    Silurian Period Plant
  • Devonian Period Plant

    Devonian Period Plant
  • Period: to

    Devonian Period

    419-359 MYA
  • Devonian Period Plant

    Devonian Period Plant
  • Carboniferous Period Plant

    Carboniferous Period Plant
  • Period: to

    Carboniferous

    359-299 MYA
  • Carboniferous Period Animal

    Carboniferous Period Animal
  • Permian Period Animal

    Permian Period Animal
  • Period: to

    Permian Period

    299-252 MYA
  • Permian Period Plant

    Permian Period Plant
  • Triassic Period Plant

    Triassic Period Plant
  • Period: to

    Mesozoic Era

    252-66 MYA
  • Period: to

    Triassic

    252-201 MYA
  • Triassic Period Plant

    Triassic Period Plant
  • Jurassic Period Animal

    Jurassic Period Animal
  • Period: to

    Jurassic Period

    201-145 MYA
  • Jurassic Period Plant

    Jurassic Period Plant
  • Cretaceous Period Plant

    Cretaceous Period Plant
  • Period: to

    Cretaceous Period

    145-66 MYA
  • Cretaceous period Animal

  • Paleogene Period Animal

    Paleogene Period Animal
  • Period: to

    Cenozoic Era

    66 MYA-Present (2022)
  • Period: to

    Paleogene

    66-23 MYA
  • Paleogene Period Plant

    Paleogene Period Plant
  • Neogene plant

    Neogene plant
  • Period: to

    Neogene (tertiary) Period

    23-2.58 MYA
  • Neogene Period Animal

    Neogene Period Animal
  • Quaternary Period Animal

    Quaternary Period Animal
  • Period: to

    Quaternary Period

    2.58 MYA-Present (2022)
  • Quaternary Period Plant

    Quaternary Period Plant