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Eras and Periods
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8th Grade
11/26/2012

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Term
Paleozoic Era
Definition
Started 542 million years ago
Ended 251 million years ago
Pangaea started to form
divided into 6 periods
Term
Carbonniferous Period
Definition
Coal Deposites
Brachopods are common in ocean
Forest and swamp cover most of land
Term
Precambrian Time
Definition
88% of earths history
Tectonic activity altered fossils
Fossils are rare
First 3 eon of earths history
Term
Mesozoic Era
Definition
includes Cretaceous, Jurrasic, and Triassic period
AGE OF REPTILES
Dinosaurs are the dominant life
Term
Permian Period
Definition
The end of the Paleozoic era
Mass extinaction
Pangaea comes together
Term
Cenezoic Era
Definition
AGE OF MAMMALS
Humans develop
Present day era
Term
Cretaceous Period
Definition
Mass extintion of dinosaurs
End of mesozoic ere
Term
Devonian Period
Definition
AGE OF FISHES
giant horse tails, ferns and sea berring plants develop.
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