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Earth (Dinosaurs)

Natural history of the Earth in chronological order

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Precambrian Eon

4.5 billion to 542 million years ago

Paleozoic Era

The explosion of life's diversity

Mesozoic Era

The age of dinosaurs

Cenozoic Era

The age of mammals

Holocene Epoch

The age of humans

Future Earth

The next 6 billion years

 

Introduction  
     
Earth    

 

Precambrian Eon 4.5 billion - 542 million years ago
     
Earth is born Click here to see full-size version Ancient terrestrial landscape
Meteorite strike on infant Earth Eoarchean Earth
Young Earth & Moon Archean stromatolites

 

Paleozoic Era 542 - 251 million years ago
     
Middle Cambrian Pirania Cordaites angulostriatus & Lepidodendron aculeatum
Middle Cambrian Dinomischus Dendrerpeton
Olenoides serratus (trilobite) Calamites & Meganeura
Anomalocaris Meganeura sunrise
A smack of jellyfish

Carboniferous riverbank
A smack of jellyfish No. 2 Carboniferous firestorm
Swarm of Portuguese Man o' War Carboniferous swamp with Eryops
First plants Eogyrinus swimming
Aglaophyton bay Conifers and Cordaitales
Asteroxylon swamp Diplocaulus
Calamites & Asteroxylon Dimetrodon grandis portrait
Coelacanth portrait Dimetrodon Lakeside
Calamites & Drepanophycus Dimetrodon fracas
First trees Dimetrodon amidst Alethopteris
Devonian canopy Ring arcs over the Permian Earth
Bothriolepis underwater Cordaites & Araucaria rainstorm
Bothriolepis ashore Cordaites & Araucaria sunset
Ichthyostega and Rhacophyton Estemmenosuchus uralensis grazing
Ichthyostega portrait Estemmenosuchus mirabilis waterside
Ichthyostega underwater Estemmenosuchus mirabilis portrait
Carboniferous forest Moschops on the rocks
Carboniferous forest in afternoon light    

 

Mesozoic Era 251 - 65 million years ago
     
Shonisaurus Zuniceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Pterosaurs amidst Bjuvia Elasmosaurus courtship
Coelophysis amongst Araucaria Colorful Albertaceratops
Dimorphodon on the beach Albertaceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Dimorphodon portrait Lambeosaurus riverside
Cryolophosaurus Parasaurolophus and waterfall
Dorygnathus at altitude Colorful Pentaceratops
Dilophosaurus amidst Williamsonia No. 2 Pentaceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Dilophosaurus amidst Ginkgos Enchodus estuary
Diplodocus and pterodactyls Cretaceous marine predators
Allosaurus amidst Sequoias Cretaceous marine predators II
Allosaurus meets Stegosaurus Torosaurus riverside
Compsognathus portrait

Colorful Torosaurus
Compsognathus with lizard

Torosaurus & White Rhinoceros compared
Archaeopteryx defending

Einiosaurus grazing
Psittacosaurus and pond

Einiosaurus portrait
Microraptor and fern forest

Einiosaurus & White Rhinoceros compared
Suchomimus on the prowl Nedoceratops under an Oak tree
Suchomimus tenerensis fishing

Nedoceratops portrait
Ouranosaurus stalked by Sarcosuchus

Nedoceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Sauroposeidon & Sycamore Diabloceratops portrait
Sauroposeidon & Deinonychus

Diabloceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Sauroposeidon & Acrocanthosaurus

Isisaurus colberti
Anhanguera over peninsula Tyrannosaurus roaring
Spinosaurus

Colorful Triceratops
Cretaceous lunar strike Triceratops & White Rhinoceros compared
Crichtonsaurus & frogs Purgatorius and Bistahieversor
Zuniceratops portrait    

 

Cenozoic Era 65 million years ago - present
     
Click here to see full-size version Brontotherium Elasmotherium
Brontotherium with birds Elasmotherium standoff
Paraceratherium and child Mammoths & dire wolves
Deinotherium on rolling plains Click here to see full-size version Nancy's Canyon Sunrise
Pleistocene Black Vultures    

 

Holocene Epoch 12,000 years ago - present
     
Andean Condors & Amazonian village    
Western Screech Owls & electric substation    
House Sparrows & electric substation    

 

Future Earth The next 6 billion years
     
Urban ruins with Grey Owls    
African Spoonbills and tower ruins    
Earth 500 million years from now    
Space ark    
Earth 6 billion AD    

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