Sunday, January 4, 2015


That table is in millions of years.............flowering plants were not always here either.......




Approximate first appearance of new types of organism

OrganismTime zoneapprox date
GrassesOligocene30 Ma
BeesCretaceous100 Ma
Flowering plantsCretaceous135 Ma
Bird-type dinosaursLate Jurassic150 Ma
MammalsTriassic220 Ma
DinosaursTriassic228 Ma
FernsCarboniferous300 Ma
ConifersCarboniferous300 Ma
ReptilesCarboniferous310 Ma
Land vertebratesDevonian380 Ma
InsectsDevonian400 Ma
Vertebrates with jawsDevonian410 Ma
Land plants, FungiSilurian450 Ma
Jawless vertebratesOrdovician470 Ma
CrustaceansCambrian530 Ma
MolluscsCambrian530 Ma
WormsCambrian540 Ma
Echinoderms (starfish etc), Sponges
and Coelenterates (jellyfish etc)
Cambrian540 Ma
Unicellular animalsNeoproterozoic700 Ma
AlgaePalaeoproterozoic2,100 Ma
BacteriaPalaeoarchaen3,600 Ma




















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