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Cards (23)

  • What is the current eon we are living in?
    Phanerozoic Eon
  • What are the three eras of the Phanerozoic Eon?
    • Paleozoic Era (The Old Life)
    • Mesozoic Era (The Middle Life)
    • Cenozoic Era (The Recent Life)
  • How many periods is the Paleozoic Era divided into?
    Six periods
  • What is the first period of the Paleozoic Era?
    Cambrian Period
  • What significant event occurred during the Cambrian Period?
    Massive occurrence of evolution and divergence
  • What are the years for the Ordovician Period?
    448 to 444 million years ago
  • What happened during the Silurian Period?
    • Marine life further differentiated
    • First Osteichthyes appeared
    • Placodermis emerged in late Silurian
  • What is the nickname for the Devonian Period?
    Age of Fishes
  • What significant evolutionary event occurred in the Devonian Period?
    Increase in fish species and emergence of tetrapods
  • What is one of the first known tetrapods from the Devonian Period?
    Tiktaalik rosae
  • What are the two sub-periods of the Carboniferous Period?
    • Mississippian Period
    • Pennsylvanian Period
  • What is the significance of the Carboniferous Period?
    Longest period of the Paleozoic Era
  • What notable life forms appeared during the Mississippian Period?
    First group of club-shaped fungi
  • What characterized the Pennsylvanian Period?
    Further establishment of terrestrial life
  • What is the time frame for the Permian Period?
    299 to 251 million years ago
  • What is significant about the fossils found in the Permian Period?
    • Fossils have vessel elements
    • Similar structure to extant gymnosperms
    • Similar structure to angiosperms
  • What is the nickname for the Mesozoic Era?
    Age of Reptiles
  • What is the time frame for the Triassic Period?
    251 to 200 million years ago
  • What characterized the Jurassic Period?
    • Large plant-eating dinosaurs
    • New groups of amphibians, reptiles, mammals
    • Emergence of predatory dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex
  • What is the last period of the Mesozoic Era?
    Cretaceous Period
  • What significant events occurred during the Cretaceous Period?
    • First appearance of flowering plants
    • Emergence of bees, ants, water lilies
    • Dinosaurs continued to dominate
  • What is the first period of the Cenozoic Era?
    Paleogene Period
  • What was the impact of the demise of the dinosaurs?
    • Gave way to the dominance of mammals