Historical Biogeography 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyLarge events in earth history UniversityNone Created by: greta_holmesCreated on: 04-04-18 16:03 4.6bn years Big Bang - earth created 1 of 12 3.8-3.9bn years Origin of life on earth 2 of 12 2.8bn years 1st aerobic/oxygen loving organisms 3 of 12 600Ma (Late Precambrian) 1st true animals - 'Ediacaran' 4 of 12 540Ma Cambrian explosion 5 of 12 450Ma (Late Ordovican) 1st plants invaded land 6 of 12 450 - 340Ma (Devonian) 1st anthropods, arachnids and amphibians 7 of 12 340Ma (Carboniferous) Pioneering vegetation replaced by coal forests 8 of 12 240Ma (Tirassic) Tropical and temperate forests, dinosaurs 9 of 12 240 - 140Ma (Tirassic) 1st flowering plants 10 of 12 64Ma (Crestaceous tertiary) Dinosaur extinction, radiation of animals 11 of 12 5Ma (Quaternary) Evolution of hominids 12 of 12
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