ಭಾನುವಾರ, ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 1, 2021

Geological time scale

The following table describes Geological Time Scale in brief −

EraPeriodPeriodAge (as Million Years Ago – MYA)Major Events

Cenozoic

It is the Age of Mammals.

(about 65.5 MYA to Present Day)

QuaternaryHolocene0.01 MYA to presentEnd of the Ice Age and dominance of human beings.
Pleistocene1.6 MYAIce Age began and the earliest human appeared.
TertiaryPliocene5.3 MYATrace of human ancestors.
Miocene23.7 MYAAbundance of grass.
Oligocene36.6 MYADominance of mammals.
Eocene57.8 MYAExtinction incident
Paleocene65.5 MYAFirst large mammals evidenced.

Mesozoic

Age of Reptiles.

(about 245 MYA to 65.5 MYA

CretaceousExtinction of Dinosaurs144 MYAFlowering plants appeared.
Jurassic208 MYAFirst birds appeared.
TriassiFirst Dinosaurs245 MYAReptiles were dominant and evidence of first mammals.

Paleozoic

(about 570 MYA to 245 MYA)

PermianAge of Amphibians286 MYA
Carboniferous360 MYAFirst Reptile and large fish appeared.
DevonianAge of Fishes408 MYAFirst land animal appeared.
Silurian438 MYAFirst insects, land plants, & jawed fish appeared.
Ordovician505 MYAExtinction incident evidenced.
Cambrian570 MYAFirst fungi evidenced.

Precambrian

(about 4600 MYA to 570 MYA)

Proterozoic2500 MYAFirst multicellular life appeared.
Achean3800 MYAFirst unicellular life appeared.
HadeanPriscoan4600 MYAEarth cooled and atmosphere and Ocean formed

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