Ncgeomap

History of North Carolina

By WiseBost
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    Dinosaurs

    When Dinosaurs came to they took over or became dominant.
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    Plant Takeover

    Plants start to take over the land many different types of plants, like horsetails and ferns trees. The first wingless insects to appear .
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    First things to appear

    The first millipedes to appear on land. and many other things.

  • First single-celled life forms

    First single-celled life forms appeared as early as 3,800 years ago

  • Landmass of North Carolina

    The landmass of North Craolina started about 1,700 million years ago.

  • Melting of polar ice caps

    The polar ice caps melted and the sea level rose more than 300 feet above its present level

  • Walking Humans

    North Carolinas ancestors began to walk upright a few million years ago.

  • Rock

    Oldest rock found 4.4 million years ago

  • Animals and plants

    Mammals and plants evoled rapidly.

  • Extinct

    95 percent of life on Earth became extinct in the Permian period

  • Forest life

    Trees grew more than 100 feet high, ferns thrived and primitive trees called scale. in coastal swamps vertebrates appeared.

  • Animal life

    There were differences in the animals (the sizes) Amphibians grew smaller than reptiles as the reptiles grew big. Bettles and flies changed do to the environment.

  • Colission

    North America and EuroAfrica continents colided.

  • Forest

    The wetland forest thrived and trees grew.

  • Sea

    Many vertabrates went in differnt ways and first green plant and fungi came on land.