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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Phanerozoic Eon canonical 37
Phanerozoic eon 6
Phanerozoic 1

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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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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