GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

P HADEAN EON (4.6 Billion years ago)

R Formation of Earth and
Moon. Events like Volcanic
eruptions and Climate
E Change occurs frequently.
Some single-celled were
C also start existing.

A ARCHAEAN EON (4 Billion years ago)

M Existence of
B Cyanobacteria.

R
PROTOZOIC EON (2.5 Billion years ago)
I
Eukaryotes started to
A exist such as Charnia
and Dickinsonia
N
PALEOZOIC ERA (541 Million years ago)
P
CAMBRIAN Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian

Event: Cambrian Event: Ordovician Vascular Plants Event: Late Devo- Sharks, Winged Gymnosperm and
H
Explosion -Silurian Extinc- nian Extinction Insects, and Seed marine species
tion
Ferns, horsetails,
Plants A
and Arachnids
N
E
MESOZOIC ERA (252 Million years ago)
R
TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS

Event: Permian-Triassic Extinction Event: Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Event: Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinc-

O
Reptiles, Cycads , and Conifers Bird-like reptiles and Angiosperms
tion
Z
O
CENOZOIC ERA (66 Million years ago)

TERTIARY QUATERNARY
I
Mammals and Angiosperms Event: Ice Age C
Mammoths, Homo sapiens, mammals, and humans
EON