Geological Timescale Timeline Project

  • Holocene

    Holocene
    The last glacial period ended and sea levels arose. Modern human developed agriculture and used tools made of bronze and iron.
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  • Pleistocene

    Pleistocene
    Homosapien (modern humans) appeared and are hunters. World wide temperatures drop about 4 degrees celsius (about 39.2 degrees farenheint)
  • Pliocene

    Pliocene
    Nearly half of the valuable mineral deposits in the world occur in the rocks of this period. Early reptiles assembling large lizards appear.
  • Miocene

    Miocene
    Small rodents evolve
  • Oligocene

    Oligocene
    Various species migrated between countries across land bridges.
  • Eocene

    Eocene
    Flying squirrels, whales and bats appear. First modern horses appear.
  • Paleocene

    Paleocene
    First primates evolve
  • Cretaceous

    Cretaceous
    First flowering plants appear-angiosperm
  • Jurrasic

    Jurrasic
    Flying reptiles called pretrosaurs are in the air now. Whoa those dinnos are big
  • Triassic

    Triassic
    Welcome to the world of the dinosaur! Early reptiles resembling large lizards appear.
  • Permian Period

    Permian Period
    There is very little plant life during this period. Many early mammal become extinct, clams and snails flourish.
  • Silurian

    Silurian
    Eurypterids, sea stars and coral become more common.I chtysourous are living in the ocean.
  • Pennsylvanian

    Pennsylvanian
    Giant cockroaches appear. Coal deposits form.
  • Mississippian

    Mississippian
    Swamps and forests cover the land. Antarctic icecaps begin to form.
  • Devonian

    Devonian
    There is an argument as to when this epoch began.
  • Ordovician

    Ordovician
    Shelled brachiopods appear. Colonies of tiny invertabrates are created.
  • Cambrian

    Cambrian
    The presence of stomatolites indicates that shallow seas covered much of the earth. Trilobites appear.
  • Precambrian

    Precambrian
    Himalayas develop.Appalachian mountains.