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    The document outlines the geologic time scale from the present day back to the earliest formation of the Earth. It divides geologic time into eons, eras, periods, and epochs and lists the approximate ages in millions of years ago. For each period it provides some of the major biological events, such as the rise of early mammals, dinosaurs, flowering plants, etc. The earliest life formed over 3 billion years ago and the earliest eons saw the development of basic single-celled organisms before more complex life evolved.

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    The document outlines the geologic time scale from the present day back to the earliest formation of the Earth. It divides geologic time into eons, eras, periods, and epochs and lists the approximate ages in millions of years ago. For each period it provides some of the major biological events, such as the rise of early mammals, dinosaurs, flowering plants, etc. The earliest life formed over 3 billion years ago and the earliest eons saw the development of basic single-celled organisms before more complex life evolved.

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    8/29/2021 Geologic Time Scale

    Geologic Time Scale

    MILLIONS
    EON ERA PERIOD EPOCH OF YRS MAJOR BIOLOGICAL EVENTS
    AGO

    Rise of civilization and agriculture. Extinction of large


    Holocene .01
    mammals in northern hemisphere.
    Quaternary
    Modern humans appear. Four major glaciations cause rapid
    Pleistocene 1.8
    shifts in ecological communities.

    Extensive radiation of flowering plants and mammals. First


    C
    Pliocene 5
    hominids appear.
    E
    Neogene
    N
    O Coevolution of insects and flowering plants. Dogs and
    Z
    Miocene 23
    bears appear.
    O
    I
    C Worldwide tropical rainforests. Pigs, cats, and rhinos
    Tertiary Oligocene 38
    appear. Dominence of snails and bivalves in the oceans.

    Early mammals abundant. Rodents, primitive whales and


    Paleogene Eocene 54
    grasses appear.

    Early placental mammals appear; first primates; modern


    Paleocene 65
    birds.

    P Marsupials, ants, bees, butterflies, flowering plants appear.


    M
    Cretaceous   146
    H Mass extinction of most large animals and many plants.
    A E
    N S
    E O Dinosaurs and gymnosperms dominate the land; feathered
    Z
    Jurassic   208
    R dinosaurs and birds appear. Radiation of marine reptiles.
    O O
    Z I
    O C Origin of mammals, dinosaurs and true flies. Less diverse
    Triassic   245
    I marine fauna.
    C
    Gymnosperms, amphibians dominant. Beetles, stoneflies
    Permian   286 appear. Major extinction of 95% of marine species and 50%
    of all animal families.

    First reptiles, cockroaches and mayflies appear. Extensive


    Pennsylvanian 325
    coal swamp forests. Sponge reefs.
    Carboniferous
    P Echinoderms, bryozoans dominant in oceans. Early winged
    A Missippian 360
    insects. First coal swamp forests.
    L
    E
    O First amphibians. Extensive radiation of fish, land plants.
    Z Devonian   410
    Many corals, brachiopods and echinoderms.
    O
    I
    C First spiders, scorpions, centipedes, early insects, vascular
    Silurian   440
    plants, jawed fish and large reefs appear.

    First land plants, primitive fungi, sea weed appear. Diverse


    Ordovician   505
    marine life: corals, molluscs, bivalves, echinoderms, etc.

    Rise of all major animal groups. Metazoan life abundant;


    Cambrian   543
    trilobites dominant. First fish. No known terrestrial life.

    Origin of multicelled organisms. First sponges, colonial


    PROTEROZOIC EON 570
    algae and soft-bodied invertebrates.

    Oxygen levels rise as a result of photosynthetic organisms.


    First eukaryotes (single-celled algae): 1.4 billion years old.
    ARCHEAN EON 2,500
    Earliest life, anaerobic prokaryotes (bacteria, archaeans)
    originate 3.5 billion years ago.

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    HADEAN EON 3,800- No life known. Cooling and solidifying of Earth's crust.
    4,600

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