Eras Eons Epoch and animals

What period did animals originiate

Precambrian

What period did fungi originate

Precambrian

What period did Vertebrates originate

Devonian

What period did plant originate

Precambrian

What period did land plants originate

Late ordovician

What period did land animals originate

Late ordovician

What period did land fungi orginiate

Late ordovician

What period did tetrapods originate from

Devonian

What period did Synapsids originate

Permian

What period did archosaurs originate

Permian

What period did seed plants originate

Devonian

What period did insects originate

Devonian

What was the dates for the Precambrian period

540-4500 Mya

What important events occurred during the Precambrian period

Coalescence/creation of Earth, volcanism, shorter days, snowball earth, CO2 in atm, and hostile to life

When was the origin of life

Abiogenesis 4000 Mya

When was the origin of photosynthesis

3500 Mya

When was the origin of complex cells

Eukaryotes 2100 Mya

When was the origin of sex

Red algae 1200 Mya

When was the origin of multicellular life

1600 Mya

What does Huronian Glaciation mean

Snowball earth

When was the great oxygenation event

2400 Mya

What was the great oxygenation event

Release of O2 in atm by cyanobacteria but O2 was toxic to anaerobic organisms leading to O2 catastrophe

What was the O2 catastrophe

Major mass extinction of anaerobic organisms

What were the dates for the Cambrian period

541-485 Mybp

What important events occurred in the Cambrian period

Formation of Gondwana and origin of most modern and extinct animals

When was the phanerozoic eon

541 Mya - today

What important events occurred during the phanerozoic eon

Invasion of land by rapid emergence of animals and 5 significant extinctions

When was the paleozoic era

541-252 Mya

What important event occurred during the paleozoic era

Has 6 periods: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian

When was the ordovician period

485-444 Mya

What important events occurred during the ordovician period

Established biodiversity of the rest of the Paleozoic and extensive radiations of marine life

When was the Silurian period

444-419 Mya

What important events occurred during the silurian period

stable environment for marine and terrestrial life

When was the Devonian period

419-359 Mya

What important events occurred during the devonian period

Development of laurasia and the Silurian-Devonian terrestrial revolution