Natural History of North Carolina

  • Cretaceous
    145

    Cretaceous

    Many new types of dinosours evolved on land. Southern land masses broke apart.
  • Mesozoic
    145

    Mesozoic

    Modern sharks appered in the ocean. The youngest ranges of mountains were formed.
  • jurassic
    200

    jurassic

    common small mammals began to form. the appalachains began to erode.
  • triassic
    200

    triassic

    dinosaurs appaered and began todominat the other animals. north caroline was near the equator.
  • Devonian
    416

    Devonian

    Plants and trees took over all of the land. Fish became commen and their breeds become more diverse.
  • Cenozoic

    Cenozoic

    Many large animals flourished, then dissaperaed. The polar ice caps melted, and the sea level rose.
  • Phanerozoic

    Phanerozoic

    The sandhills formed at this time. Dunes were created by winds.
  • paleozoic

    paleozoic

    reptiles began to grow larger. trilbotes no longer existed.
  • carboiferous/pennsylanian

    carboiferous/pennsylanian

    The north american and EuroAfrican continitents collided. This resulted in the last period of the building of the Appalachians.
  • Carboniferous/ Mississippian

    Carboniferous/ Mississippian

    The wetland forrets thrived and trees grew. The trees decaying remains become coal.