Geologic Timeline

Precambrian Time

Period: 2578 BCE to 1481

4,600-541 MYA

Cambrian Period Plant

1481

Phanerzoic Eon

Period: 1481 to 2022

541 MYA-Present (2022)

Paleozoic Era

Period: 1481 to 1770

541 to 252 MYA

Cambrian Peroid

Period: 1481 to 1537

541-485 MYA

Cambrian Period Animal

1536

Ordovician Period Animal

1537

Ordovician Period

Period: 1537 to 1578

485-444 MYA

Ordovician Period Plant

1577

Silurian Period Plant

1578

Silurian Period

Period: 1578 to 1603

444-419 MYA

Silurian Period Plant

1602

Devonian Period Plant

1603

Devonian Period

Period: 1603 to 1663

419-359 MYA

Devonian Period Plant

1662

Carboniferous Period Plant

1663

Carboniferous

Period: 1663 to 1723

359-299 MYA

Carboniferous Period Animal

1722

Permian Period Animal

1723

Permian Period

Period: 1723 to 1770

299-252 MYA

Permian Period Plant

1769

Triassic Period Plant

1770

Mesozoic Era

Period: 1770 to 1956

252-66 MYA

Triassic

Period: 1770 to 1821

252-201 MYA

Triassic Period Plant

1820

Jurassic Period Animal

1821

Jurassic Period

Period: 1821 to 1872

201-145 MYA

Jurassic Period Plant

1871

Cretaceous Period Plant

1872

Cretaceous Period

Period: 1872 to 1956

145-66 MYA

Cretaceous period Animal

1955

Paleogene Period Animal

1956

Cenozoic Era

Period: 1956 to 2022

66 MYA-Present (2022)

Paleogene

Period: 1956 to 1999

66-23 MYA

Paleogene Period Plant

1998

Neogene plant

1999

Neogene (tertiary) Period

Period: 1999 to 2019

23-2.58 MYA

Neogene Period Animal

2001

Quaternary Period Animal

2019

Quaternary Period

Period: 2019 to 2022

2.58 MYA-Present (2022)

Quaternary Period Plant

2021