Geologic Timeline

  • Period: 2578 BCE to 1480

    Precambrian Time

    4,600-541 MYA
  • Period: 1478 to

    Phanerzoic Era

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

    Paleozoic Era

    541 to 252 MYA
  • Period: 1481 to 1537

    Cambrian Period

    541 to 485 MYA
  • 1482

    Cambrian Period Plant

    Cambrian Period Plant
  • 1500

    Silurian Period Plant

    Silurian Period Plant
  • 1531

    Ordovician

    Ordovician
  • 1531

    Cambrian Period Animal

    Cambrian Period Animal
  • Period: 1537 to 1577

    Ordovician Period

    485 to 444 MYA
  • 1556

    Silurian Period Animal

    Silurian Period Animal
  • Period: 1578 to

    Silurian Period

    444 to 419 MYA
  • Period: to

    Devonian Period

    419 to 359 MYA
  • Devonian Period Animals

    Devonian Period Animals
  • Devonian period plant

    Devonian period plant
  • Period: to

    Carboniferous Period

    359 to 299 MYA
  • Carboniferous Period Plant

    Carboniferous Period Plant
  • Permian Period Plant

    Permian Period Plant
  • Carboniferous Period Animal

    Carboniferous Period Animal
  • Period: to

    Permian Period

    299 to 252 MYA
  • Period: to

    Mesozoic Era

    252 MYA to 66 MYA
  • Period: to

    Triassic Period

    252 to 201 MYA
  • Permian Period animal

    Permian Period animal
  • Jurassic Period Plant

    Jurassic Period Plant
  • Jurassic Period animal

    Jurassic Period animal
  • Period: to

    Jurassic Period

    201 to 145 MYA
  • Cretaceous Period Plant

    Cretaceous Period Plant
  • Period: to

    Cretaceous Period

    145 MYA to 66 MYA
  • Paleogene Period Plant

    Paleogene Period Plant
  • Cretaceous Period animal

    Cretaceous Period animal
  • Paleogene Period animal

    Paleogene Period animal
  • Period: to

    Cenozoic Era

    66 MYA to Present
  • Period: to

    Paleogene Period

    66 to 23 MYA
  • Period: to

    Neogene Period

    23 to 2.58 MYA
  • Neogene Period animal

    Neogene Period animal
  • Quaternary Period animal

    Quaternary Period animal
  • Neogene Period Plant

    Neogene Period Plant
  • Quaternary Period Pant

    Quaternary Period Pant
  • Period: to

    Quaternary Period

    2.5 MYA to Present
  • Ordovician Period animal

    Ordovician Period animal