Geological time

  • Period: 541 BCE to 485 BCE

    Cambrian

    Marine life diversifies enormously
  • Period: 541 BCE to 252 BCE

    Paleozoic ERA

    Age of invertebrates
  • 510 BCE

    Many marine invertebrates with external skeletons

  • Period: 485 BCE to 444 BCE

    Ordovician

  • Fish without jaws
    460 BCE

    Fish without jaws

  • Period: 444 BCE to 419 BCE

    Silurian

  • First land plants
    430 BCE

    First land plants

  • Period: 419 BCE to 359 BCE

    Devonian

  • First amphibious
    405 BCE

    First amphibious

  • Period: 359 BCE to 299 BCE

    Carboniferous

  • First reptiles
    320 BCE

    First reptiles

  • Period: 299 BCE to 252 BCE

    Permian

  • Reptiles diversify
    270 BCE

    Reptiles diversify

  • Period: 252 BCE to 201 BCE

    Triassic

  • Period: 252 BCE to 66 BCE

    Mesozoic ERA

    Age of reptiles
    The Earth’s greatest extinction occurs Pangaea forms.
  • First dinosaur
    225 BCE

    First dinosaur

  • Period: 201 BCE to 145 BCE

    Jurassic

  • Dinosaurs diversify
    170 BCE

    Dinosaurs diversify

  • Period: 145 BCE to 66 BCE

    Cretaceous

  • Extinction of dinosaurs and ammonites
    100 BCE

    Extinction of dinosaurs and ammonites

  • Period: 66 BCE to 1 BCE

    Cenozoic ERA

    Age of mammals
    Massive extinction from a meteorite impact.
  • Period: 66 BCE to 2 BCE

    Tertary

  • Development and diversification of mammals
    25 BCE

    Development and diversification of mammals

  • Period: 2 BCE to 50

    Quaternary