Geological Column Flashcards
1
Q
Pre-Cambrian
A
- First soft-bodied metazoans
2
Q
Cambrian
A
- First fish
3
Q
Ordovician
A
- Sudden diversification of metazoans
4
Q
Silurian
A
- First land plants
5
Q
Devonian
A
- First amphibians
6
Q
Carboniferous
A
- First reptiles, ferns and trees
7
Q
Permian
A
- Reptiles diversify
8
Q
Triassic
A
- First dinosaurs and mammals
9
Q
Jurassic
A
- First birds
10
Q
Cretaceous
A
- First flowering plants and primates
11
Q
Palaeogene
A
- Mammals diversify
12
Q
Neogene
A
- Mammals diversify
13
Q
Quaternary
A
- First humans evolved
14
Q
Order of eons
A
- Proterozoic, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
15
Q
Order of eras
A
- Pre-Cambrian
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Triassic
- Jurassic
- Cretaceous
- Palaeogene
- Neogene
- Quaternary
