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     * 2.4 bya - oxygen becomes significant component of the atmosphere     * 2.4 bya - oxygen becomes significant component of the atmosphere
     * 1 bya - multicellular plants (algae) and animals     * 1 bya - multicellular plants (algae) and animals
 +    * 1 bya - 800 mya - Rodinia supercontinent exists
     * 770 - 750 mya - first ice age     * 770 - 750 mya - first ice age
   * before 550 mya is aka the Precambrian Period or Supereon. After 550 mya is aka the Phanerozoic Eon.   * before 550 mya is aka the Precambrian Period or Supereon. After 550 mya is aka the Phanerozoic Eon.
-  * **Paleozoic (Primary) Era** : 550 - 250 mya+  * Paleozoic (Primary) Era : 550 - 250 mya
     * Cambrian - small shelled animals, corals     * Cambrian - small shelled animals, corals
     * Ordovician - starfish, jawless fish     * Ordovician - starfish, jawless fish
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     * Devonian - first tetrapods - evolution of fish onto land     * Devonian - first tetrapods - evolution of fish onto land
     * Carboniferous - reptiles, amphibians, spiders, conifers, amniotic eggs (340 mya), synapsids     * Carboniferous - reptiles, amphibians, spiders, conifers, amniotic eggs (340 mya), synapsids
-    * Permian - synapsids (proto-mammalian reptiles) dominant.  +    * Permian - more synapsids (proto-mammalian reptiles).  
-  * 250 mya - Extinction event, 83% of species die off+  * 250 mya - Extinction event, 95% of life dies off
   * 300 mya - 250 mya - last supercontinent Pangaea exists   * 300 mya - 250 mya - last supercontinent Pangaea exists
-  * **Mesozoic (Secondary) Era** : 250 - 65 mya+  * Mesozoic (Secondary) Era : 250 - 65 mya
     * Triassic - turtles, lizards, dinosaurs, mammals     * Triassic - turtles, lizards, dinosaurs, mammals
-    * 200 mya - Tr-J extinction event allows dinosaurs to start becoming dominant. Kills > 50 % of species. 
     * Jurassic - squids, frogs, birds     * Jurassic - squids, frogs, birds
-    * Cretaceous - dinosaurs dominant, flowering plants, snakes, modern fish, toothed birds+    * Cretaceous - more dinosaurs, flowering plants, snakes, modern fish, toothed birds
   * 65 mya - Meterorite extinction event (off Yucatan peninsula) kills off most large animals   * 65 mya - Meterorite extinction event (off Yucatan peninsula) kills off most large animals
-  * **Cenozoic Era** : 65 mya - present +  * Cenozoic Era : 65 mya - present 
-    * Tertiary - mammals dominant, grasses, apes, hominids+    * Tertiary - more mammals, grasses, apes, hominids
     * Quaternary     * Quaternary
       * Pleistocene (1.8 mya - 8000 ya) - mammoths, Neanderthals       * Pleistocene (1.8 mya - 8000 ya) - mammoths, Neanderthals
       * Holocene (8000 ya - now) - modern humans       * Holocene (8000 ya - now) - modern humans
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