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Cambrian 570m - 500m
First time multi-cellular life forms flourished on Earth. Earliest record of life. Trilobites were dominant. -
Ordovician 500m - 435m
Invertebrates were dominant. -
Silurian 435m - 395m
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Devonian 395m - 345 m
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Carboniferous 345m - 280m
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Permian 280m - 225m
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Triassic 225m - 195m
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Jurassic 195m - 139m
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Cretaceous 136m - 65m
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Tertiary 65m - 1.8m
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Quaternary 1.8m - Present