Phanerozoic Eon

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The Phanerozoic Eon is the current and most recent major division of Earth's history, marked by abundant fossil evidence and the evolution and diversification of complex life forms, including plants, animals, and eventually humans.

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Generate an image of the Phanerozoic Eon (The Phanerozoic Eon is the current and most recent major division of Earth's history, marked by abundant fossil evidence and the evolution and diversification of complex life forms, including plants, animals, and eventually humans.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Phanerozoic Eon canonical 47
Phanerozoic eon 13
Phanerozoic 2

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf division of geologic time ⓘ
geologic eon ⓘ
beginsWith Cambrian Explosion ⓘ
linked to: Cambrian explosion
characterizedBy abundant fossil record ⓘ
colonization of land by animals ⓘ
colonization of land by plants ⓘ
diversification of complex life ⓘ
evolution of amphibians ⓘ
evolution of animals ⓘ
evolution of birds ⓘ
evolution of flowering plants ⓘ
evolution of humans ⓘ
evolution of land plants ⓘ
evolution of mammals ⓘ
evolution of plants ⓘ
evolution of reptiles ⓘ
evolution of terrestrial animals ⓘ
evolution of vertebrates ⓘ
radiation of marine invertebrates ⓘ
contains Cambrian Period ⓘ
Carboniferous Period ⓘ
Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic

Cretaceous Period ⓘ
linked to: Cretaceous

Devonian Period ⓘ
Jurassic Period ⓘ
Mesozoic Era ⓘ
Neogene Period ⓘ
linked to: Neogene

Ordovician Period ⓘ
Paleogene Period ⓘ
linked to: Paleogene

Paleozoic Era ⓘ
Permian Period ⓘ
Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary period

Silurian Period ⓘ
linked to: Silurian

Triassic Period ⓘ
linked to: Triassic
earliestEra Paleozoic Era ⓘ
endTime present ⓘ
follows Precambrian Supereon ⓘ
Proterozoic Eon ⓘ
hasDuration about 541 million years ⓘ
includesEvent Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction ⓘ
Permian–Triassic mass extinction ⓘ
appearance of Homo sapiens ⓘ
assembly and breakup of supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
breakup of Gondwana ⓘ
multiple mass extinctions ⓘ
rise of hominins ⓘ
isCurrentEon true ⓘ
latestEra Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
middleEra Mesozoic Era ⓘ
nameMeaning visible life ⓘ
partOf geologic time scale ⓘ
startTime about 541 million years ago ⓘ
usedIn geology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cretaceous → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Pliocene epoch → subdivisionOf → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Jurassic → positionInEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Proterozoic Eon → followedBy → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Mesozoic Era → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Paleozoic Era → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Holocene → isPartOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Cenozoic → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Early Devonian → timeScale → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → partOf → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Precambrian Supereon → precedes → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Neogene → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Cambrian explosion → locatedInTime → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Permian Period → positionInEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Northgrippian → subdivisionOf → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Pridoli Epoch → timeScale → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Middle Devonian → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Lochkovian → fallsWithin → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Pliensbachian → timeScale → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Sahul Shelf → formedDuring → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Cryptozoic → precedes → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Early Miocene → belongsToEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Miocene → subdivisionOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Great Dying → partOf → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Hettangian stage → belongsToEon → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Late Cretaceous → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Laurussia → geologicEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
subject linked to: Laurussia continent
Cisuralian Epoch → eon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Asselian → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Wordian → eon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Guadalupian Epoch → timeScale → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Late Ordovician → positionInEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Terreneuvian → marksBeginningOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Terreneuvian → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Terreneuvian → belongsToEon → Phanerozoic ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Furongian → eon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Laurussia → formedInGeologicEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Euramerica → locatedInGeologicEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Phanerozoic mass extinctions → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Meghalayan Age → isPartOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Laurasia → geologicEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
An Outline of Phanerozoic Biogeography → coversTimePeriod → Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
Lochkovian Epoch → geologicTimeScaleEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Emsian–Eifelian boundary → belongsTo → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Givetian–Frasnian boundary → belongsTo → Phanerozoic Eonothem ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon