Natural History of North Carolina

By Layken and Caroline
  • 145

    Cretaceous

    Cretaceous
    Many new types of dinosours evolved on land. Southern land masses broke apart.
  • 145

    Mesozoic

    Mesozoic
    Modern sharks appered in the ocean. The youngest ranges of mountains were formed.
  • 200

    jurassic

    jurassic
    common small mammals began to form. the appalachains began to erode.
  • 200

    triassic

    triassic
    dinosaurs appaered and began todominat the other animals. north caroline was near the equator.
  • 416

    Devonian

    Devonian
    Plants and trees took over all of the land. Fish became commen and their breeds become more diverse.

  • Cenozoic

    Cenozoic
    Many large animals flourished, then dissaperaed. The polar ice caps melted, and the sea level rose.

  • Phanerozoic

    Phanerozoic
    The sandhills formed at this time. Dunes were created by winds.

  • paleozoic

    paleozoic
    reptiles began to grow larger. trilbotes no longer existed.

  • carboiferous/pennsylanian

    carboiferous/pennsylanian
    The north american and EuroAfrican continitents collided. This resulted in the last period of the building of the Appalachians.

  • Carboniferous/ Mississippian

    Carboniferous/ Mississippian
    The wetland forrets thrived and trees grew. The trees decaying remains become coal.