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145
Cretaceous
Flowering plants proliferated along with insects. New dinosaurs apperared. Primitive birds appear. Coastal plain lay under water. Africa/south america break up. -
200
jurassic
mammals were common but they were small, the first bird and lizard appeared north american went to the north. -
251
Triassic
Dinosaurs appeared and became dominant. Alligator type species appeared. Appalachians began to erode. North Carolina was near the equator. -
416
Devonian
Seed bearing plants, amphibians and ferns appered. Plants took over the land. -
444
silurain
the first vascular plants appered these are plants with specialised tissues. the first millipedes appeared on the land, and primitive fish and first fish with jaws -
542
phanerozoic
many fossils survive from this time, a lot of plants and aimals appered at this time -
Feb 28, 1000
neo-proterozoic
First fossils of multi-celled animals survive this period.Land under NC pulled apart, formed volcanic rocks. -
Period: Apr 25, 1000 to
north carolina history
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Meso-proterozico
Green algea colonies appeared in the sea -
Eocene
First grasses appear. Mammals appear and ice cap develops in Antarctica. Coastal plain sunk again. Calcium rich shells sunk to ocean floor. -
paleocene
early mammals diversified and the first of large mammals appeared the worlds cimate was still tropical. -
Paleocene
Mammals diversified and first large mammals appeared. World's climate was tropical. Coastal plain above sea level. -
Ordovican
Invertabrates diversified. First green plants on land fungi. -
carboniferous/ mississippan
in the wet land forest ferns wanted scale trees, and these trees became coal when they hit the ground. -
Carboniferous/pennsylvanian
Amphibians were common and diverse. Last period of Appalachian mountain building in this period. -
permian
amphibians remained common but were small, reptiles grew larger and diversified. the climate cooled down and the near-tropical conditions grew.
