Geologic History of the Earth - Logan

Formation of the Earth SCALE: 2.5cm = 20,000,000 Years Cambrian Explosion of Life Iron Catastrophie The oldest evidence of life on earth The Great Oxygenation Event John Day Fossils The oldest fossil The first eukaryotic cells The age of accretion of the Siletz Terrane in western Oregon The first bacteria on land The formation of the moon The age of India’s collision with Asia, forming the Himalya Mountains Ediacara fauna The Permian Extinction The beginning of the recent ice age First Human entry into North America The First Land Animal The first land plants The Cretaceous Extinction The Earth’s first coral reefs The oldest fossil of Homo sapiens The formation of the supercontinent Rodinia The formation of supercontinent Pangea The splitting up of Pangea The earliest appearance of Continental Crust on earth The first multicellular life The first flowering plants The earliest phase of uplift of the Appalachian Mountains Uplift of the Rocky Mountains The age of the oldest rock found on earth The age of the oldest mineral found on earth The age of the first mammal The formation of the Mt. Hood Volcano The eruption of Mt. Mazama (forming Crater Lake) The earliest formation of the oceans Phanerozoic A Proterozoic A Archean A Hadean A Cenozoic PHA Mesozoic PHA Paleozoic PHA Neoproterozoic PRA Mesoproterozoic PRA Paleoproterozoic PRA Neoarchean Mesoarchean Paleoarchean Eoarchean Present day The time of the dinosaurs