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- 5. Second epoch of the Paleogene Period
- 6. Giant Land Mass
- 8. Time when first coral reefs started to appear
- 10. Third Epoch of the Permian Period
- 11. Pangea began to break apart, forming Gondwana in the south and Laurasia in the north.
- 15. Time period when land was mostly water with numerous amounts of trilobites
- 16. Second period of the Mesozoic Era
- 17. Greek and means “Middle Life”
- 20. Last period of the Cenozoic Era, as of now
- 21. Greek and is named after the words “palaois” (old) and “ceno” (new)
- 22. Oldest time known as of today
- 25. Historical bone found by excavating
- 27. when platforms of earth's land move together, above, or under each other
- 29. The final era of the Precambrian, spanning the time between 2.5 billion and 544 million years ago. Fossils of both primitive single celled and more advanced multicellular organisms begin to appear in abundance in rocks from this era. Its name means "early life.
- 30. Second epoch of the Quaternary period
- 33. First epoch of the Quaternary Period
- 34. Second period of the Cenozoic Era
- 35. Third and last period of the Mesozoic Era
- 36. European stage of the Upper Cretaceous, spanning the time between 88 and 84 million years ago.
- 38. second epoch of the Permian Period
- 41. Fourth Period of the Paleozoic Era
- 43. Animals of a given region or period of geological time
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- 1. Greek and means “Old Life”
- 2. The largest mass extinction was recorded in this period
- 3. a period of time in which a particular event takes place; winter, summer
- 4. The earliest subdivision of the Precambrian, spanning the time between the formation of the Earth, about 4.5 billion years ago, and the start of the Archaean era, 3.8 billion years ago. This interval predates the period of true geologic time since no rocks of this age are known on Earth, with the exception of a few meteorites
- 7. First epoch of the silurian period
- 9. most important evolution of the Quaternary Period
- 12. 9 foot tall mammal that fed off of surface vegetation
- 13. Another Name of the Saber tooth cat
- 14. Third epoch of the Paleogene Period
- 17. A period of the Paleozoic era, spanning the time between 360 and 325 million years ago. It is named after the Mississippi River valley, which contains good exposures of rocks of this age.
- 18. European stage of the Lower Cretaceous, spanning the time between 131 and 122 million years ago.
- 19. Another name of "Giant Mammals"
- 22. The eon that makes up the Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Paleozoic Era
- 23. Fourth epoch of the silurian period
- 24. First epoch of the permian period
- 26. Third epoch of the silurian period
- 27. Person who studies fossils
- 28. Period that also stands for “Coal Deposits”
- 31. First period of the Paleozoic Era
- 32. First epoch of the Neogene Period
- 33. First period of the Cenozoic Era
- 37. European stage of the Upper Cretaceous, spanning the time between 91 and 90 million years ago.
- 39. Second epoch of the Neogene Period
- 40. Second epoch of the silurian period
- 42. Relative of Timber wolves; Hunted in packs and are six feet tall