History of life on earth. hadean archaeanproterozoicpaleozoicmesozoiccenozoic Millions of years ago.

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History of life on earth

Transcript of History of life on earth. hadean archaeanproterozoicpaleozoicmesozoiccenozoic Millions of years ago.

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History of life on earth

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hadean

archaean

proterozoic

paleozoicm

esozoiccenozoic

Millions of years ago

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Stromatolites-definitive fossil life 3.5BYA

Precambrian - Archaean

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Precambrian - Proterozoic

Prokaryotes + Eukaryotes-trace fossils-Ediacaran fauna

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Precambrian - Proterozoic

Ediacaran fauna

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Cambrian

Cambrian explosion

Why did such great fundamentally different body plans evolve in such great profusion in early evolutionary history but hardly at all thereafter?

How and why did so many great changes evolve in such a short period of time?

rapid diversification of higher taxa

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Cambrian

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Cambrian

Burgess shale

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Cambrian

Conodonts-earliest vertebrates-teeth of cellular bone

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Ordovician

-fauna differs remarkably from Cambrian-fish-like vertebrates appear-large nautiloids

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Silurian

Eurypterids - water scorpions

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Silurian

-first gnathostomesAcanthodiansPlacodermsOsteichthyes

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Devonian

-sarcopterygii, actinopterygii-ammonoids

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Devonian

-chelicerates-mandibulates

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Devonian

-ichthyostega

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Carboniferous & Permian

-sharks diversified

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Carboniferous & Permian

-winged insects

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Carboniferous & Permian

-amphibians diversified

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Phaenerozoic - Paleozoic - Carboniferous & Permian

reptiles

mammals

-amniotes gave rise to synapsids & diapsids

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

coccolithophores

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

-frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

archosaurs

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

Archosaursphytosaurspterosaurscrocodiliansdinosaurs

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

Dinosaurssaurischians

theropods

sauropods

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Phaenerozoic - Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

Dinosaursornithischians

hadrosaurs

ceratopsians

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

marsupials radiatedcolubrids radiatedflightless birds appeared

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

-bats & apes appear

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

edentates

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

artiodactyls

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

perissodactyls

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary

teleosts diversifiedwhales & sealions appeared

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PrecambrianArchaeanProterozoic

PhaenerozoicPaleozoic

CambrianOrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermian

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

CenozoicTertiaryQuaternary (Pleistocene - Recent)

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Pleistocene - present

similar fauna to today

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Phaenerozoic - Cenozoic - Pleistocene - present

4 major glaciations-more to come