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Silurian graphical timeline

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Paleozoic

Ordovician

Silurian

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Mulde event^[1]

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Ireviken event^[2]

Subdivision of the Silurian according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

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Paleozoic

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Silurian

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Subdivision of the Silurian according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Devonian graphical timeline

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Events of the Devonian Period

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Paleozoic

Silurian

Devonian

Carboniferous

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Famennian glaciation

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Widespread^[5]
shrubs & trees

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Hunsrück fauna

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Rhynie chert^[6]

Subdivision of the Devonian according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Events of the Devonian Period

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Paleozoic

Silurian

Devonian

Carboniferous

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Famennian glaciation

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Kellwasser event (Late Devonian extinction)^[4]

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Widespread^[5]
shrubs & trees

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Hunsrück fauna

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Rhynie chert^[6]

Subdivision of the Devonian according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Ediacaran biota

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The Ediacaran biota in context

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Cryogenian

Ediacaran

Cambrian

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Embryos?

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Avalon explosion

Aspidella
discs

Charnia

Neoproterozoic
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Palaeozoic
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Axis scale: million years
References: Waggoner 1998,^[7] Hofmann 1990^[8]

The Ediacaran biota in context

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Last putative Ediacaran

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Avalon explosion

Aspidella
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Charnia

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Palaeozoic
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Axis scale: million years
References: Waggoner 1998,^[7] Hofmann 1990^[8]

Triassic graphical timeline

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Triassic graphical timeline

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Mesozoic

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Smithian–Spathian boundary event^[9]

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Carnian pluvial episode

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Full recovery of woody trees^[10]

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Coals return^[11]

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Scleractinian
corals & calcified sponges^[12]

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Triassic–Jurassic extinction event

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Manicouagan impact

Subdivision of the Triassic according to the ICS, as of 2024.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Triassic graphical timeline

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Mesozoic

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Jurassic

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Smithian–Spathian boundary event^[9]

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Carnian pluvial episode

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Full recovery of woody trees^[10]

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Coals return^[11]

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Scleractinian
corals & calcified sponges^[12]

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Triassic–Jurassic extinction event

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Manicouagan impact

Subdivision of the Triassic according to the ICS, as of 2024.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Paleogene graphical timeline

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Key events in the Paleogene

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MZ

Cenozoic

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First Antarctic permanent ice-sheets^[13]

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K-Pg mass
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Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Key events in the Paleogene

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MZ

Cenozoic

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K-Pg mass
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Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Paleogene graphical timeline (height/width in px)

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Key events in the Paleogene

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Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Key events in the Paleogene

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Cenozoic

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Subdivision of the Paleogene according to the ICS, as of 2023.^[3]
Vertical axis scale: Millions of years ago

Burgsvik beds graphical timeline

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Subdivisions of the Burgsvik beds
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Sandstone with minor muddy sand/mudstone

Mudstone and muddy sandstone. Rarely exposed.

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Subdivisions of the Burgsvik beds
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Mudstone and muddy sandstone. Rarely exposed.

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Early Echinoderms graphical timeline

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Early Echinoderms (?)

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Tribrachidium

Carpoids

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Axis scale: millions of years ago.

Early Echinoderms (?)

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Cambrian explosion

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Axis scale: millions of years ago.

No right annotations

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Early Echinoderms (?)

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Ediacaran

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Axis scale: millions of years ago.

Canidae graphical timeline

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Evolution of the canids

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Palæogene

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First Hesperocyoninae

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First Borophaginae

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First Caninae

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Modern-looking dogs

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Canine
radiation

Cenozoic

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An approximate timescale of key events in canid evolution.
For precise dates, see text.
Axis scale: millions of years ago.

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Evolution of the canids

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First Hesperocyoninae

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Modern-looking dogs

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Canine
radiation

Cenozoic

Mesozoic

An approximate timescale of key events in canid evolution.
For precise dates, see text.
Axis scale: millions of years ago.

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Small shelly fauna graphical timeline

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"Small shellies" in context

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Small shelly fauna^[14]^[15]^[16]

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Maotianshan shales^[18]

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Tommotian age^[19]

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Cambrian explosion,
if sudden^[20]

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Ediacaran shelly fauna

Neoproterozoic
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Axis scale: millions of years ago.

"Small shellies" in context

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Ediacaran shelly fauna

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Axis scale: millions of years ago.

Proterozoic snowball periods

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Tonian

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Sturtian^[21]

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Snowball Earth

Estimate of Proterozoic glacial periods.^[21]^[22]^[a]
Vertical axis: millions of years ago

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Tonian

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Estimate of Proterozoic glacial periods.^[21]^[22]^[a]
Vertical axis: millions of years ago

Test weird units

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Notes

^ Dating of pre-Gaskiers glaciations is uncertain. As for the Kaigas, its very existence is doubted by some. The Huronian glaciation is not shown; there is a lack of any significant evidence for a Snowball Earth during the time period.

References

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[23] Dating of pre-Gaskiers glaciations is uncertain. As for the Kaigas, its very existence is doubted by some. The Huronian glaciation is not shown; there is a lack of any significant evidence for a Snowball Earth during the time period.

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