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- 7. Third Epoch of the Permian Period
- 11. Last period of the Cenozoic Era, as of now
- 12. First period of the Paleozoic Era
- 15. Time when first coral reefs started to appear
- 17. Oldest time known as of today
- 18. Pangea began to break apart, forming Gondwana in the south and Laurasia in the north.
- 19. million years ago.an European stage of the Upper Cretaceous, spanning the time between 72 and 66
- 21. Second epoch of the Neogene Period
- 22. Greek and is named after the words “palaois” (old) and “ceno” (new)
- 24. First epoch of the Neogene Period
- 25. second epoch of the Permian Period
- 27. Period that also stands for “Coal Deposits”
- 31. Person who studies fossils
- 34. Second period of the Cenozoic Era
- 36. Historical bone found by excavating
- 37. Third and last period of the Mesozoic Era
- 41. Another name of "Giant Mammals"
- 42. Fourth Period of the Paleozoic Era
- 43. Third epoch of the silurian period
- 44. Second epoch of the silurian period
- 46. A epoch of the upper Tertiary period, spanning the time between 23.8 and 5.3 million years ago. It is named after the Greek words "meion" (less) and "ceno" (new).
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- 1. 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
- 2. European stage of the Upper Cretaceous, spanning the time between 91 and 90 million years ago.
- 3. 9 foot tall mammal that fed off of surface vegetation
- 4. 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.
- 5. Third epoch of the Paleogene Period
- 6. Time period when land was mostly water with numerous amounts of trilobites
- 7. First epoch of the silurian period
- 8. Animals of a given region or period of geological time
- 9. Fourth epoch of the silurian period
- 10. Giant Land Mass
- 12. First epoch of the permian period
- 13. European stage of the Lower Cretaceous, spanning the time between 131 and 122 million years ago.
- 14. The latest period of the Proterozoic era, spanning the time between 650 and 544 million years ago. Sometimes referred to as the Ediacaran period, the Vendian is distinguished by fossils representing a characteristic collection of complex soft-bodied organisms found at several localities around the world.
- 16. when platforms of earth's land move together, above, or under each other
- 20. The eon that makes up the Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Paleozoic Era
- 23. Greek and means “Old Life”
- 26. Second period of the Mesozoic Era
- 28. First epoch of the Quaternary Period
- 29. most important evolution of the Quaternary Period
- 30. The largest mass extinction was recorded in this period
- 31. 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.
- 32. European stage of the Upper Cretaceous, spanning the time between 88 and 84 million years ago.
- 33. Second epoch of the Quaternary period
- 35. Second epoch of the Paleogene Period
- 38. Another Name of the Saber tooth cat
- 39. a period of time in which a particular event takes place; winter, summer
- 40. First period of the Cenozoic Era
- 41. Greek and means “Middle Life”
- 45. Relative of Timber wolves; Hunted in packs and are six feet tall