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    This document provides a timeline of geological periods, epochs, eras and life events from the formation of Earth to the present day Holocene epoch. It outlines the major divisions of geologic time periods including Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and Quaternary. For each period it lists significant life appearances and extinctions, such as the emergence of sexual reproduction around 1 billion years ago, dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, and humans and megafauna extinction at the end of the Pleistocene.

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    This document provides a timeline of geological periods, epochs, eras and life events from the formation of Earth to the present day Holocene epoch. It outlines the major divisions of geologic time periods including Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and Quaternary. For each period it lists significant life appearances and extinctions, such as the emergence of sexual reproduction around 1 billion years ago, dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, and humans and megafauna extinction at the end of the Pleistocene.

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    EON

    ERA

    AMERICAN
    PERIODS

    EUROPEAN
    PERIODS

    EPOCHS
    Holocene or
    Recent

    Quaternary

    Phanerozoic

    Neogene

    Cenozoic

    Tertiary
    Paleogene

    Mesozoic

    Cretaceous

    Cretaceous

    LIFE EVENTS

    Extinction of
    megafauna at end of
    Pleistocene
    Pleistocene
    H. erectus, H. sapiens
    Pliocene
    Hominids
    grazing horses;
    Miocene
    antelopes
    Radiation of more
    Oligocene
    modern mammals
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    Eocene
    horses; camels; cats;
    dogs; rodents;
    advanced primates.
    Archaic mammals
    Paleocene
    diversify
    Commonly Major Extinction at
    end of Cretaceous that
    Paleozoic
    includes dinosaurs
    and
    and ammonites;
    Mesozoic
    First
    Periods
    appearancesinclude:
    angiosperms
    are
    (flowering plants);
    subdivided snakes; modern
    lizards; social insects
    into
    (ants, bees etc.);
    marsupial and
    EARLY
    placental mammals

    Jurassic

    Jurassic

    Triassic

    Triassic

    Permian

    Permian

    Paleozoic

    Pennsylvanian
    Carboniferous
    Mississipian

    Devonian

    Devonian

    Silurian

    Silurian

    Ordovician

    Ordovician

    MIDDLE
    and LATE
    Epochs

    First
    appearancesinclude:
    birds; crabs; frogs and
    salamanders; rudist
    clams.
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    hexacorals; oysters;
    dinosaurs; turtles;
    crocodiles; marine
    reptiles; mammals;
    Major extinction of
    invertebrates
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    therapsids (a group of
    mammal-like reptiles)
    and archosaurs (stem
    reptiles)
    First
    appearancesinclude
    pelicosaurs (a group
    of mammal-like
    reptiles); winged
    insects; conifers
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    reptiles
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    sharks; amphibians;
    lung fishes; seed
    plants; insects.
    First
    appearancesinclude:
    jawed fishes;
    vascular land plants.
    First
    appearancesinclude:

    Cambrian

    Ediacaran (=Vendian)
    Late
    Proterozoic*

    Archean*
    Hadean*

    Cambrian

    Ediacaran

    No epochs

    land plants;
    bryozoans
    Appearance of hard
    parts. Fossils become
    common. First
    appearances include:
    vertebrates; jawless
    fishes; conodonts;
    small shelly fossils at
    beginning of
    Cambrian.
    Extinction at end of
    vendian

    No other periods before the Ediacaran


    ~1.0 BY Sexual reproduction

    Middle
    Early
    Late
    Early

    No Eras

    ~2.0 BY Eukaryotic cells


    ~3.0 BY Photosynthesis
    ~3.9 BY First appearance of life

    ~4.6 BY Formation of the earth


    *Note: The Hadean, Archean and Proterozoic Eons are often collectively and informally referred to as the Prepaleozoic or Precambrian.

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