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cambrian
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543mya
radiation of most modern animal phyla (cambrian explosion) |
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ordovician
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510mya
marine algae abundant; colonization of land by plants and arthropods |
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silurian
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439mya
diversity of jawless fishes, first jawed fishes; diversification of early vascular plants |
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devonian
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409mya
diversification of bony fishes first amphibians and insects |
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carboniferous
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363mya - mississippian, pennsylvanian
forests of vascular plants first reptiles, seed plants amphibians dominant |
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permian
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290mya
permian mass extinction radiation of reptiles origin of mammal-like reptiles and insects |
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triassic
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245mya
gymnosperms dominate dinosaurs |
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jurassic
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206mya
gymnosperms dominant dinosaurs abundant and diverse |
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cretaceous
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144mya
angiosperms appear cretaceous extinctions |
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paleocene
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65mya
major radiation of mammals, birds, pollinating insects |
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eocene
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57mya
angiosperms dominate mammals radiate |
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oligocene
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35mya
origins of primates (apes) |
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miocene
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23mya
radiation of mammals and angiosperms |
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pliocene
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5mya
apelike ancestors of humans appear |
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pleistocene
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1.8mya
ice ages, humans appear |
