earth timeline

  • Period: 2578 BCE to 1481

    Precambrian

    4,600 to 541 mya
  • Precambrian Animal
    2577 BCE

    Precambrian Animal

  • Precambrian Plant
    2576 BCE

    Precambrian Plant

  • Period: 1387 to 1481

    Cambrian

    635 to 541 mya
  • Cambrian Plant
    1389

    Cambrian Plant

  • Cambrian Animal
    1394

    Cambrian Animal

  • Period: 1481 to

    Phanerozoic Eon

    541 mya to present
  • Period: 1481 to

    Paleozoic Era

    541 to 252 mya
  • Paleozoic Animal
    1499

    Paleozoic Animal

  • Period: 1537 to 1578

    Ordovician

    485 to 444 mya
  • Ordovician Plant
    1539

    Ordovician Plant

  • Ordovician Animal
    1544

    Ordovician Animal

  • Period: 1578 to

    Silurian

    444 to 419 mya
  • Silurian Plant
    1579

    Silurian Plant

  • Silurian Animal
    1582

    Silurian Animal

  • Period: to

    devonian

    419 to 359 mya
  • Devonian Plant

    Devonian Plant

  • Devonian Animal

    Devonian Animal

  • Phanerozoic Animals

    Phanerozoic Animals

  • Period: to

    Carboniferous

    359 to 299 mya
  • Carboniferous Animal

    Carboniferous Animal

  • Carboniferous Plant

    Carboniferous Plant

  • Period: to

    Permian

    299 to 252 mya
  • Permian Animal

    Permian Animal

  • Permian Plant

    Permian Plant

  • Paleozoic Plant

    Paleozoic Plant

  • Period: to

    Mesozioc Era

    252 to 66 mya
  • Period: to

    Triassic

    252 to 201 mya
  • Mesozoic Plant

    Mesozoic Plant

  • Triassic Animal

    Triassic Animal

  • Mesozoic Animal

    Mesozoic Animal

  • Triassic Plant

    Triassic Plant

  • Period: to

    Jurassic

    201 to 145 mya
  • Jurassic Plant

    Jurassic Plant

  • Jurassic Animal

    Jurassic Animal

  • Period: to

    Cretaceous

    145 to 66 mya
  • Cretaceous Plant

    Cretaceous Plant

  • Phanerozoic Plant

    Phanerozoic Plant

  • Cretaceous Animal

    Cretaceous Animal

  • Period: to

    Cenozoic Era

    66 mya to present
  • Period: to

    Paleogene

    66 to 23 mya
  • Paleogene Animal

    Paleogene Animal

  • Paleogene Plant

    Paleogene Plant

  • Cenozoic Plant

    Cenozoic Plant

  • Period: to

    Neogene

    23 to 2.58 mya
  • Neogene Plant

    Neogene Plant

  • Neogene Animal

    Neogene Animal

  • Cenozoic Animal

    Cenozoic Animal

  • Quaternary Animal

    Quaternary Animal

  • Period: to

    Quaternary

    2.58 mya to present
  • Quaternary Plant

    Quaternary Plant