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THE CHANGING EAR TH
EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
Birds appeared
(e.g., Archaeopteryx)
Dinosaurs
flourished
Marine reptiles
appeared (e.g.,
Mixosaurus)
JURASSIC
Flowering plants Oil and gas TRIASSIC
appeared (e.g., deposits formed
Magnolia)
Himalayas
began to form Coal-forming
forests flourished
Large mammals
appeared (e.g.,
Arsinoitherium)
PERMIAN Early
desertification
occurred
Conifers
appeared
Last glacial
CAR B O N IF ERO US period occurred
TERTIARY
Colorado River
began to cut out
the Grand Canyon
Uplift of the Modern humans
Sierra Nevada QUATERNARY (Homo sapiens)
began appeared
65 56.5 35.5 23.5 5.2 1.64 0.01 0 MYA
PALEOCENE OLIGOCENE PLIOCENE PLEISTOCENE HOLOCENE
290 250 200 145 EOCENE MIOCENE EPOCH
PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY PERIOD
MESOZOIC CENOZOIC ERA
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