Paleozoic Mass Extinction Start of the Mesozoic Era KPG event, Cenozoic Formation of Earth and Moon

(21:17:15) 251 mya (21:18:15) 248 mya

First insects (20:35:57) 380
mya
First amphibians (20:30:38)
395 mya
First fish with jaw (20:16:30)
First Land Plants 440mya
Start of the Paleozoic Era
(19:45:30)
Cambrian
540 mya Explosion (19:45)
541mya
Worldwide Mass Extinction
(19:44:27) 544 mya
Jellyfish (19:42) 550 mya
Era begins (22:16:06)
First appearance of the 65 mya Precambrian Time Period
dinosaurs (21:20:20) 240 mya The first apes (00:00) 4.6 bya
First mammals (21:26:06) 33 mya
First winged insects
(20:52:12) 330mya(21:26:46)
mya 220 mya
Pangaea supercontinent
(21:40:54) 175 mya
Grasslands first
First flowering plants
appear (22:40:35) 22
(21:52:29) 140 mya
mya Homo Sapiens
(22:48) 100 000 ya
4.6
Billions Prokaryotes (bacteria)
(05:10) 3.5 bya
1 4

3
2

Large rise in atmospheric

oxygen (2% level) (10:20)
First Eukaryotes (multi 2.4 bya
celled organisms) (12:52)
1.8 bya