Geologic Timeline

Precambrian Time

Period: 2578 BCE to 1480

4,600-541 MYA

Phanerzoic Era

Period: 1478 to 2022

541 MYA to Present (2022)

Paleozoic Era

Period: 1481 to 1770

541 to 252 MYA

Cambrian Period

Period: 1481 to 1537

541 to 485 MYA

Cambrian Period Plant

1482

Silurian Period Plant

1500

Ordovician

1531

Cambrian Period Animal

1531

Ordovician Period

Period: 1537 to 1577

485 to 444 MYA

Silurian Period Animal

1556

Silurian Period

Period: 1578 to 1603

444 to 419 MYA

Devonian Period

Period: 1603 to 1663

419 to 359 MYA

Devonian Period Animals

1613

Devonian period plant

1663

Carboniferous Period

Period: 1663 to 1723

359 to 299 MYA

Carboniferous Period Plant

1666

Permian Period Plant

1721

Carboniferous Period Animal

1722

Permian Period

Period: 1723 to 1768

299 to 252 MYA

Mesozoic Era

Period: 1770 to 1956

252 MYA to 66 MYA

Triassic Period

Period: 1770 to 1819

252 to 201 MYA

Permian Period animal

1771

Jurassic Period Plant

1808

Jurassic Period animal

1820

Jurassic Period

Period: 1821 to 1875

201 to 145 MYA

Cretaceous Period Plant

1865

Cretaceous Period

Period: 1877 to 1956

145 MYA to 66 MYA

Paleogene Period Plant

1939

Cretaceous Period animal

1951

Paleogene Period animal

1953

Cenozoic Era

Period: 1956 to 2022

66 MYA to Present

Paleogene Period

Period: 1956 to 1998

66 to 23 MYA

Neogene Period

Period: 1999 to 2019

23 to 2.58 MYA

Neogene Period animal

2005

Quaternary Period animal

2011

Neogene Period Plant

2014

Quaternary Period Pant

2015

Quaternary Period

Period: 2019 to 2022

2.5 MYA to Present

Ordovician Period animal

11,561