Earth:Graphical timeline of prehistoric life

Timeline

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Period = from:-542 till:50 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:25 start:-542 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:5 start:-542 TimeAxis = orientation:hor AlignBars = justify

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bar:periodtop
from: -542    till:  -488.3   color:cambrian  text:Cambrian          
from: -488.3    till: -443.7    color:ordovician    text:Ordovician
from: -443.7    till: -416    color:silurian    text:Silurian
from: -416    till: -359.2   color:devonian    text:Devonian
from: -359.2    till: -299   color:carboniferous    text:Carboniferous
from: -299    till: -251   color:permian    text:Permian
from: -251    till: -199.6  color:triassic    text:Triassic
from: -199.6    till: -145.5   color:jurassic    text:Jurassic
from: -145.5   till: -65.5   color:cretaceous    text:Cretaceous
from: -65.5    till: -23.03   color:paleogene    text:Paleogene
from: -23.03    till: -2.588   color:neogene    text:Neog.
from: -2.588    till: 0   color:quaternary    text:Q.

bar:eratop
from:  -542   till:  -251    color:paleozoic    text:Paleozoic Era
from:  -251   till:  -65.5    color:mesozoic    text:Mesozoic Era
from:  -65.5   till:  0   color:cenozoic    text:Cenozoic

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color:cambrian bar:NAM1  from:-521    till:-510 text:Hallucigenia
color:cambrian bar:NAM2  from:-510    till:-501 text:Elrathia
color:ordovician bar:NAM3  from:-488.3    till:-409.1 text:Calymene
color:ordovician bar:NAM4  from:-470    till:-443 text:Isotelus
color:silurian bar:NAM5  from:-443    till:-358.9 text:Pterygotus
color:silurian bar:NAM6  from:-432    till:-418 text:Eurypterus
color:devonian bar:NAM7  from:-409.1    till:-205.6 text:Goniatites
color:devonian bar:NAM8  from:-393    till:-382.7 text:Agoniatites
color:devonian bar:NAM9  from:-393    till:-382.7 text:Phacops
color:devonian bar:NAM10  from:-390    till:-389 text:Jaekelopterus
color:devonian bar:NAM11  from:-380    till:-360 text:Dunkleosteus
color:carboniferous bar:NAM12  from:-340    till:-280 text:Arthropleura
color:carboniferous bar:NAM13  from:-305    till:-299 text:Meganeura
color:carboniferous bar:NAM14  from:-300    till:-280 text:Edaphosaurus
color:permian bar:NAM15  from:-299    till:-270.6 text:Sphenacodon
color:permian bar:NAM16  from:-295    till:-272 text:Dimetrodon
color:permian bar:NAM17  from:-279.5    till:-272 text:Cotylorhynchus
color:triassic bar:NAM18  from:-251.3    till:-221.5 text:Ceratites
color:triassic bar:NAM19  from:-248    till:-247 text:Cartorhynchus
color:triassic bar:NAM20  from:-247.2    till:-235 text:Mixosaurus
color:triassic bar:NAM21  from:-247.2    till:-201.3 text:Shastasaurus
color:triassic bar:NAM22  from:-240    till:-239 text:Pappochelys
color:triassic bar:NAM23  from:-215    till:-214 text:Shonisaurus
color:triassic bar:NAM24 from:-208.5    till:-190.8 text:Ichthyosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM25 from:-201.3    till:-190 text:Plesiosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM26  from:-196.5    till:-189.6 text:Excalibosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM27  from:-195    till:-190 text:Dimorphodon
color:jurassic bar:NAM28  from:-183    till:-179 text:Stenopterygius
color:jurassic bar:NAM29 from:-166.1    till:-163.5 text:Cryptoclidus
color:jurassic bar:NAM30 from:-165    till:-145 text:Ophthalmosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM31 from:-162    till:-150 text:Liopleurodon
color:jurassic bar:NAM32 from:-160    till:-159 text:Yi
color:jurassic bar:NAM33 from:-155.7    till:-147 text:Pliosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM34 from:-155    till:-145 text:Allosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM35 from:-155    till:-150 text:Stegosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM36 from:-155    till:-152 text:Brontosaurus
color:jurassic bar:NAM37 from:-154    till:-152 text:Diplodocus
color:jurassic bar:NAM38  from:-150.8    till:-148.5 text:Archaeopteryx
color:jurassic bar:NAM39  from:-150.8    till:-148.5 text:Compsognathus
color:jurassic bar:NAM40  from:-150.8    till:-148.5 text:Pterodactylus
color:jurassic bar:NAM41  from:-150.8    till:-148.5 text:Rhamphorhynchus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM1 from:-124.6    till:-123.6 text:Caudipteryx
color:cretaceous bar:NAM2 from:-124.6    till:-122 text:Sinornithosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM3 from:-124.6    till:-122 text:Sinosauropteryx
color:cretaceous bar:NAM4 from:-126    till:-125 text:Iguanodon
color:cretaceous bar:NAM5 from:-125    till:-99 text:Kronosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM6 from:-115    till:-108 text:Deinonychus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM7  from:-112    till:-111 text:Cearadactylus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM8  from:-112    till:-111 text:Sarcosuchus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM9  from:-100    till:-66 text:Baculites
color:cretaceous bar:NAM10  from:-100    till:-72 text:Parapuzosia
color:cretaceous bar:NAM11  from:-93.9    till:-83.6 text:Nipponites
color:cretaceous bar:NAM12 from:-93.5    till:-70.6 text:Dolichorhynchops
color:cretaceous bar:NAM13 from:-88    till:-80.5 text:Tylosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM14 from:-87    till:-82 text:Polycotylus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM15 from:-87    till:-82 text:Trinacromerum
color:cretaceous bar:NAM16 from:-86    till:-84.5 text:Pteranodon
color:cretaceous bar:NAM17 from:-80.5    till:-79.5 text:Elasmosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM18  from:-76.6    till:-75.1 text:Gorgosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM19  from:-76.5    till:-73 text:Parasaurolophus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM20  from:-75.5    till:-74.5 text:Styracosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM21  from:-75    till:-71 text:Velociraptor
color:cretaceous bar:NAM22 from:-73    till:-66 text:Edmontosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM23 from:-71    till:-68 text:Albertosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM24 from:-71    till:-69 text:Deinocheirus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM25 from:-70    till:-66 text:Majungasaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM26  from:-70    till:-66 text:Mosasaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM27  from:-70    till:-69 text:Tarbosaurus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM28 from:-68    till:-66 text:Quetzalcoatlus
color:cretaceous bar:NAM29 from:-68    till:-66 text:Triceratops
color:cretaceous bar:NAM30  from:-68    till:-66 text:Tyrannosaurus rex
color:paleogene bar:NAM31  from:-60    till:-58 text:Titanoboa
color:paleogene bar:NAM32  from:-40    till:-34 text:Basilosaurus
color:paleogene bar:NAM33  from:-34    till:-23 text:Paraceratherium
color:neogene bar:NAM34 from:-20    till:-13 text:Phorusrhacos
color:neogene bar:NAM35 from:-15.9    till:-2.6 text:Megalodon
color:neogene bar:NAM36  from:-13.6    till:-11.6 text:Livyatan
color:neogene bar:NAM37  from:-10.3    till:-0.0011 text:Megalonyx
color:neogene bar:NAM38  from:-9    till:-0.1 text:Gigantopithecus
color:neogene bar:NAM39  from:-8    till:-6 text:Argentavis
color:neogene bar:NAM40  from:-5.3    till:-0.011 text:Mastodon
color:neogene bar:NAM41  from:-4.9    till:-1.8 text:Titanis
color:neogene bar:NAM42  from:-4    till:-2 text:Australopithecus
color:neogene bar:NAM43 from:-3    till:-0.008 text:Megaloceros
color:quaternary bar:NAM44 from:-2.58    till:-0.5 text:Aurochs
color:quaternary bar:NAM45 from:-2.58    till:-0.0117 text:Glyptodon
color:quaternary bar:NAM46 from:-2.58    till:-0.01 text:Mylodon
color:quaternary bar:NAM47 from:-2.5    till:-0.01 text:Smilodon
color:quaternary bar:NAM48 from:-2    till:-0.01 text:Megatherium
color:quaternary bar:NAM49 from:-1.9    till:-0.07 text:Homo erectus
color:quaternary bar:NAM50 from:-0.15    till:-0.004 text:Wooly mammoth
color:quaternary bar:NAM51 from:-0.094    till:-0.013 text:Homo floresiensis
color:quaternary bar:NAM52 from:-0.04    till:-0.04 text:Denisovan
color:quaternary bar:NAM53 from:-0.04    till:-0.00015 text:Dinornis
color:quaternary bar:NAM54 from:-0.04    till:-0.03 text:Megalania
 color:quaternary bar:NAM55 from:-0.35    till:-0.04 text:Neanderthals
color:quaternary bar:NAM56  from:-0.34    till:-0.011 text:American lion
color:quaternary bar:NAM57  from:-0.25    till:-0.01 text:Dire wolf
color:quaternary bar:NAM58 from:-0.25    till:0 text:Homo sapiens
color:quaternary bar:NAM59 from:-0    till:0 text:Latimeria

PlotData=

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bar:period
from: -542    till:  -488.3   color:cambrian  text:Cambrian          
from: -488.3    till: -443.7    color:ordovician    text:Ordovician
from: -443.7    till: -416    color:silurian    text:Silurian
from: -416    till: -359.2   color:devonian    text:Devonian
from: -359.2    till: -299   color:carboniferous    text:Carboniferous
from: -299    till: -251   color:permian    text:Permian
from: -251    till: -199.6  color:triassic    text:Triassic
from: -199.6    till: -145.5   color:jurassic    text:Jurassic
from: -145.5   till: -65.5   color:cretaceous    text:Cretaceous
from: -65.5    till: -23.03   color:paleogene    text:Paleogene
from: -23.03    till: -2.588   color:neogene    text:Neog.
from: -2.588    till: 0   color:quaternary    text:Q.

bar:era
from:  -542   till:  -251    color:paleozoic    text:Paleozoic Era
from:  -251   till:  -65.5    color:mesozoic    text:Mesozoic Era
from:  -65.5   till:  0   color:cenozoic    text:Cenozoic

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