Geologic Timeline

  • Period: 2678 BCE to 1481

    Precambrian time

    4,600 to 541 mya
  • Period: 1481 to

    Phanerozic

    541 mya to present
  • Period: 1481 to

    Paleozoic era

    541 to 252 mya
  • Period: 1481 to 1537

    Cambrian period

    541 to 485 mya
  • 1482

    Cambrian Period Organism

    Cambrian Period Organism
  • 1535

    Cambrian Period Plant

    Cambrian Period Plant
  • Period: 1537 to 1578

    Ordovician period

    485 to 444 mya
  • 1539

    Ordovician period organisms

    Ordovician period organisms
  • 1577

    Ordovician period plants

    Ordovician period plants
  • Period: 1578 to

    Silurian period

    444 to 419 mya
  • 1579

    Silurian period organisms

    Silurian period organisms
  • Silurian period plant

    Silurian period plant
  • Period: to

    Devonian period

    419 to 359 mya
  • Devonian period organisms

    Devonian period organisms
  • Devonian period plants

    Devonian period plants
  • Period: to

    Carboniferous period

    359 to 299 mya
  • Carboniferous period organisms

    Carboniferous period organisms
  • Carboniferous period plants

    Carboniferous period plants
  • Period: to

    Permian Period

    299 to 252 mya
  • Permian Period Organisms

    Permian Period Organisms
  • Permian Period plants

    Permian Period plants
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    Mesozoic era

    252 mya to 66 mya
  • Period: to

    Triassic Period

    252 to 201 mya
  • Triassic period organisms

    Triassic period organisms
  • Triassic Period plants

    Triassic Period plants
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    Jurassic period

    201 to 145 mya
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    Cretaceous period

    145 mya to 66 mya
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    Cenozoic era

    66 mya to present
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    Paleogene period

    66 to 23 mya
  • Period: to

    Neogene period

    23 to 2.58 mya
  • Period: to

    Quaternary period

    2.58 mya to present