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PERIOD ARCHEAN EON

PROTERZOIC EON

PALEOZOIC ERA

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE FORMS Primitive prokaryote life Cyanobacteria (less CO2 and initial O2) Aerobic organisms Eukaryotic cells Multicellular: Ediacaran fauna Plants Arthropods, amphibians and reptiles diversity (Permian)

EXAMPLES OF FOSSILS Cyanobacteria

Stromatolites

MESOZOIC ERA

Two great extintions: P-T and K-T Reptiles Gymnosperms Mammals Flowering plants Birds

Chorals (Calceola) Trilobites Ferns Graptolites Armoured fish Dinosaurs Pterosaurus Ichtiyosaurus Ammonite Nummulites Rodents Smilodon Mesohippus Mammouth humans

CENOZOIC ERA

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