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Precambrian
EVENT 10 The presence of stromatolites indicate that shallow seas covered much of Earth during intervals in this period. EVENT 11 Nearly half of the valuable mineral deposits in the world occur in the rocks of this period. -
Cambrian
EVENT 22 Trilobites appear. EVENT 23 Shelled brachiopods appear. -
Ordovician
EVENT 1 There is very little plant life during this period. EVENT 30 Colonies of tiny invertebrates call Graptolites flourished and vertebrates appear, Fish did not have jaws or teeth and their bodies were covered with body plates. -
Silurian
EVENT 24 Eurypterids (sea scorpions), sea stars and coral become more common. EVENT 33 Vascular land plants and animals, such as scorpions begin to evolve on land. -
Devonian
EVENT 31 Huge plants begin to develop,early amphibians form. EVENT 37 Age of Fishes,fish that can breath out of the water and spend time on land form. -
Mississippian
EVENT 2 Swamps and forests cover the land. EVENT 21 Early reptiles resembling large lizards appear. -
Pennsylvanian
EVENT 4 Giant cockroaches appear. EVENT 15 Coal deposits form. -
Permian
EVENT 8 Appalachian Mountains are created because of the collision of tectonic plates & Savannahs form. EVENT 38 Environmental change causes mass extinction of sea invertibrates (trilobites & Eurypterids) as the seas retreat. -
Triassic
EVENT 16 Dinosaur had formed. Squirrel sized dinosaur & the first forest dwelling mammals appear. EVENT 34 Ichthyosaurs are living in the ocean, new invertebrates call ammonite develop. -
Jurassic
EVENT 3 Flying reptiles called pterosaurs are in the air now. EVENT 13 Whoa those dinosaur are getting big & dominate the land-Lizard- hipped and bird- hipped appear- carnivores and herbivores have arrived. -
Cretaceous
EVENT 5 First flowering plants appear- angiosperm. EVENT 35 Impact hypothesis- dinosaur mass extinction. -
Palaocene
EVENT 12 First primates evolve. EVENTS 29 Small rodents evolve. -
Eocene
EVENT 17 Flying squirrels, whales, and bats appear. EVENT 25 World wide temperature drop about 4 degrees Celsius (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit.) -
Oliogocene
EVENT 6 Himalayas develop due to uplifting caused by the Indian subcontinent and Eurasion continent colliding. EVENT 27 Many early mammal become extinct, clams and snails flourish. -
Miocene
EVENT 32 Antarctic icecaps begin to form. EVENT 36 Meditterian sea dries up and refills several times due tectonic forced dn dropping sea levels. -
Pliocene
EVENT 18 Various species migrated between continents across land bridges. EVENT 26 First modern horse appear. -
Pleistocene
EVENT 9 Homosapien (modern humans) appeared & are hunters. EVENT 20 Specie that did not evolve to survive extreme cold moved to warmer climate areas or became extinct (wolf & giant ground sloth.) -
Holocene
EVENT 7 Some scientist believe that humans kind has caused mass extinction of the plants and animals species, polluted the oceans and altered the atmosphere. EVENT 14 There is argument as to when this epoch began, some scientist think that it begin with the industrial age in the early 1800's other think it began with the atomic age in the 1950's. -
Anthropocene
EVENT 19 The last glacial period ended and sea levels rose, Great lakes formed. EVENT 28 Modern humans developed agriculture and used tools made of bronze and iron.
