ch27 pt2 Flashcards
Stromatolites
1st prokaryotes
1st life forms
Oxygen revolution
Spike in oxygen due to cyanobacteria, one of the first organisms to perform photosynthesis
Serial endosymbiosis
Mitochondria were first then placid followed
“symbiosis” - two organisms using each other for benefit
Endosymbiotic support
Mitochondria and chloroplast replicate like prokaryotes
Timeline
1) Multicellular organisms
2) Sexual reproduction
3) Edicarian biota (soft-bodied invertebrate)
4) Cambrian Explosion (large predators emerge)
5) Antropods
6) Tetrapods
7) Humans
Cambrian
Life landmark
1st chordates
Ordovician
Life landmark
Jawless fish
Sirulian
Life landmark
Jawed fish
Devonian
Life landmark
1st reptiles
Carboniferous
Life landmark
1st reptiles
Permian
Life landmark #6
Mesozoic Era
Life landmark
Age of Reptiles
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Cenozoic Era
Life landmark
Age of mammals
Holocene
Life landmark
Age of humans