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| ERA PERIOD |
DURATION YEARS |
BEGINNING YEARS |
END YEARS |
NAME AGE |
CHARACTERISTICS - MINERAL DEPOSITS PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE - MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL LIFE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHAEOZOIC | 450,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 550,000,000 | BEFORE LIFE | |
| 50,000,000 | 600,000,000 | 550,000,000 | CARRIERS | Arrival of Life Carriers from Jerusem Life-type study on decimal planet sodium chloride base |
|
| PROTOZOIC | 150,000,000 | 550,000,000 | 400,000,000 | DAWN OF LIFE | |
| 50,000,000 | 550,000,000 | 500,000,000 | IMPLANTATION | Marine plant life implantation 3 identical original models 3 regions: western-central-eastern |
|
| 50,000,000 | 500,000,000 | 450,000,000 | DEVELOPMENT | Development of marine plant life | |
| 50,000,000 | 450,000,000 | 400,000,000 | TRANSITION | Transition from marine plant life to unicellular animal life | |
| PALEOZOIC | 250,000,000 | 400,000,000 | 150,000,000 | MARINE LIFE | |
| CAMBRIAN | 50,000,000 | 400,000,000 | 350,000,000 | TRILOBITES | Emergence and development of multicellular animals |
| ORDOVIC | 50,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 300,000,000 | INVERTEBRATES | Plant life: algae - jellyfish - corals - sponges Cephalopods: nautilus - octopus - cuttlefish - squid Gastropods: snails - periwinkles Bivalves: mussels - clams - oysters - scallops |
| SILURICAN | 30,000,000 | 300,000,000 | 270,000,000 | BRACHIOPODS | Deposits: gas - oil - zinc - lead - rock salt Plant life: sea lilies Animal life: sea scorpions |
| DEVONIAN | 50,000,000 | 270,000,000 | 220,000,000 | VERTEBRATES | Deposits: limestone - coral - red sandstone Plant life: appearance of ferns Arthropods: barnacles Vertebrates: appearance of fish |
| CARBONIFEROUS | 50,000,000 | 220,000,000 | 170,000,000 | AMPHIBIANS | Deposits: coal - sandstone - shale - limestone Plant life: fern forests - sporophytes Amphibians: snails, scorpions - frogs Insects: spiders - cockroaches - crickets - cicadas - dragonflies |
| PERMIAN PER |
20,000,000 | 170,000,000 | 150,000,000 | TRIBULATION | Marine life: disappearance of many species Land life: not yet established Plant life: appearance of seed plants |
| MESOZOIC | 100,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 50,000,000 | TERRESTRIAL LIFE | |
| TRIASSIC | 30,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 120,000,000 | REPTILES | Deposits: granite-schist-sandstone-gypsum Plant life: coniferous forests Marine life: appearance of ammonites Reptiles: sea snakes-crocodiles-flying reptiles |
| JURASSIC | 20,000,000 | 120,000,000 | 100,000,000 | DINOSAURS | Crustaceans: crabs - lobsters - sea urchins Fish: sharks - sturgeons Dinosaurs: appearance development - disappearance |
| CRETACEOUS | 50,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 50,000,000 | BIRDS | Volcanic activity: formation of mountain ranges Deposits: chalk - loam - greensandstone Plant life: appearance of flowering plants Floriferous plants: fig trees - magnolias - tulips - breadfruit - palm trees Forests: beech trees - birch trees - oak trees - walnut trees - sycamore trees - maple trees Animal life: appearance of birds |
| CENOZOIC | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ZERO | MAMMALS | |
| EOCENE | 15,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 35,000,000 | PRIMARY MAMMALS | Plant life: development of modern angiosperms Animal life: appearance of placental mammals Terrestrial mammals: rhinoceroses - tapirs - pigs - lemurs - gorillas |
| OLIGOCENE | 10,000,000 | 35,000,000 | 25,000,000 | DES. MAMMALS | Animal life: development of placental mammals Land mammals: felines - canines - rodents - ungulates Marine mammals: whales - dolphins - porpoises - seals - sea lions. Reptiles: turtles - snakes - crocodiles survive Birds: seagulls - herons - flamingos - eagles - vultures - owls - ostriches |
| MIOCENE | 15,000,000 | 25,000,000 | 10,000,000 | MOD. MAMMALS | Plant life: redwoods - magnolias - deciduous trees Land mammals: elephant - mastodon - horse - ruminants |
| PLIOCENE | 8,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 2,000,000 | EMIGRATION | Geology: preglacial land elevation Animal life: spread of felines - horses - mastodons - rhinoceroses in Asia and America: bears - armadillos - antelopes - camels - llamas in Australia: appearance of kangaroos in Africa: appearance of the giraffe |
| PLEISTOCENE | 1,965,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ICE AGE | |
| 1st and 2nd GLACIATION | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 1,000,000 | PRIMITIVE MAN | Geology: the Ice Age begins Mammalian animals: mastodons - mammoths - bulls - bison - beavers Protohuman mammals: mutation of the American lemurs Intermediate mammals: new mutation that degenerates into the apes Higher mammals: appearance of primates Primitive humans: by mutation of a pair of primates 991,485 years before Christ: birth of the 1st human couple on Urantia 991,474 years before Christ: Urantia is classified as an inhabited world |
| 3rd to 6th GLACIAGE | 965,000 | 1,000,000 | 35,000 | COLOR RACES | Geology: Ice Age continues and ends - glacial moraines Mammalian animals: mastodons - mammoths - bulls - bison - bears - reindeer 500,000 years ago: six colored races emerge - the Prince arrives Planetarium 200,000 years ago: Lucifer’s rebellion occurs in the Satania system 150,000 years ago: maximum extent of the 6th Ice Age 100,000 years ago: Arctic and Antarctic ice caps form 35,000 years ago: Ice Age ends - Adam and Eve arrive on Urantia |
| HOLOCENE | 35,000 | 35,000 | ZERO | POST-GLACIAL AGE |