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<attn> GEOLOGICAL TIME TIMELINE</ATTN>
<article>
<timeline type=line>
<start><date>700000000 BC</date></start>
<end><date>1 BC</date></end>
<timebar fid="scale004">
<range>
<from>700000000 BC</from><to>550000001 BC</to>
<slider>Precambrian Per.</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>550000000 BC</from><to>510000001 BC</to>
<slider>Cambrian Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>510000001 BC</from><to>435000001 BC</to>
<slider>Ordovician Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>435000000 BC</from><to>412000001 BC</to>
<slider>Silurian Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>412000000 BC</from><to>355000001 BC</to>
<slider>Devonian Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>355000000 BC</from><to>290000001 BC</to>
<slider>Carboniferous Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>290000000 BC</from><to>250000001 BC</to>
<slider>Permian Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>250000000 BC</from><to>205000001 BC</to>
<slider>Triassic Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>205000000 BC</from><to>135000001 BC</to>
<slider>Jurassic Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>135000000 BC</from><to>66000001 BC</to>
<slider>Cretaceous Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>66000000 BC</from><to>2000000 BC</to>
<slider>Tertiary Period</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>2000000 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
<slider>Quaternary Period</slider>
</range>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>700000000 BC</from><to>550000001 BC</to>
<p>First jellyfish and worms. Algae</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>550000000 BC</from><to>510000001 BC</to>
<p>Trilobites. First shellfish</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>510000001 BC</from><to>435000001 BC</to>
<p>Animals without backbones</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>435000000 BC</from><to>412000001 BC</to>
<p>First land plants</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>412000000 BC</from><to>355000001 BC</to>
<p>Caledonian earth movements. Ferns and fish</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>355000000 BC</from><to>290000001 BC</to>
<p>Great coal swamp forests</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>290000000 BC</from><to>250000001 BC</to>
<p>Continents move together to form the giant landmass Pangaea</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>250000000 BC</from><to>205000001 BC</to>
<p>First dinosaurs and mammals</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>205000000 BC</from><to>135000001 BC</to>
<p>Many dinosaurs</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>135000000 BC</from><to>66000001 BC</to>
<p>Dinosaurs die out. Chalk deposited</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>66000000 BC</from><to>2000000 BC</to>
<p>Many mammals appear. Alpine earth movements create Alps, Himalayas and Rockies</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<from>2000000 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
<p>The Great Ice Age. Modern humans appear</p>
</event>
</article>