Earth Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Earliest known plant fossil
A
425 mya
2
Q
Banded iron formations
A
2.2-2.8 bya
3
Q
Tetrads present in fossil record
A
1.1 bya
4
Q
Importance of tetrads
A
evidence of sexual reproducing protists
5
Q
Oldest eukaryotic cell
A
2.1 bya
6
Q
Evidence of oxygen-yeilding photosynthesis
A
3.5 bya
7
Q
Oldest known fossil - prokaryotes (Cyanobacteria)
A
3.5 bya
8
Q
Importance of banded iron formations
A
Evidence of widespread free oxygen.
-possibly released by photosynthesis
9
Q
Fossils of modern Homo sapiens
A
30-50 kya
10
Q
Earth formation
A
4.5 bya
11
Q
Earliest known multicellular animal fossil
A
600mya