Hadean Time 4.5-3.8 bya Earth Created | Precambrian Time (4,500 to 544 mya) | |
Archaean Eon first life 3.8-2.5 bya
| Proterozoic Eon soft-bodied organisms 2.5 bya - 544 mya | Phanero- zoic Eon Multicellular life |
Eras (bya=Billion Years Ago; mya=Million Years Ago)
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Paleopro- terozoic (2500 to 1600 mya) blue-green algae
| Mesopro- terozoic (1600 to 1000 mya) First land fungi. Giant Continent Rodinia created.
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Neoproterozoic Era(1000 to 544 mya) Macroscopic fossils of soft-bodied organisms. multicellular animals. Continent of Rodinia breaks up.
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