History of geological time - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
| Neo-proterozoic | T-series: Time series, P-tree: Phylogenetic tree | ||||
| Tonian | 1000～850 Mya | Rodinia supercontinent (1100～750 Mya) |  | ||
| Cryogenian | 850～630 Mya | Snowball Earth (730, 635 Mya) | |||
| Ediacaran | 630～542 Mya | P-tree T-series | First sponge and trilobitomorph | ||
| Paleozoic | |||||
| Cambrian | 542～488 Mya | P-tree | Cambrian explosion |  | |
| Early Cambrian | 542～513 Mya | T-series | First trilobite and jawless fish | ||
| Middle Cambrian | 513～496 Mya | T-series | Burgess Shale | ||
| Late Cambrian | 496～488 Mya | T-series | |||
| Ordovician | 488～443 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Ordovician | 488～472 Mya | T-series | First coral | ||
| Middle Ordovician | 472～460 Mya | T-series | First ammonite, land plant (non-vascular plant) | ||
| Late Ordovician | 460～443 Mya | T-series | First sea scorpion Great Dying① (450～440 Mya) | ||
| Silurian | 443～418 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Silurian | 443～428 Mya | T-series | First sea star | ||
| Middle Silurian | 428～423 Mya | T-series | First land plant (Vascular plant) | ||
| Late Silurian | 423～418 Mya | T-series | First lobe-finned fish, spiny shark and ray-finned fish | ||
| Devonian | 418～359 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Devonian | 418～397 Mya | T-series | First insect, spider, armoured fish and cartilaginous fish | ||
| Middle Devonian | 397～385 Mya | T-series | First fern | ||
| Late Devonian | 385～359 Mya | T-series | First seed plant and amphibia (From water to land) Great Dying② (375～360 Mya) | ||
| Carboniferous | 359～299 Mya | P-tree | High temperature and high concentration oxygen Coal forest formation |  | |
| Early Carboniferous | 359～318 Mya | T-series | First non-mammal-like reptile and shark | ||
| Late Carboniferous | 318～299 Mya | T-series | First mammal-like reptile, dragonfly and ginkgo | ||
| Permian | 299～251 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Permian | 299～270 Mya | T-series | First marine reptile | ||
| Middle Permian | 270～260 Mya | T-series | First archosaur | ||
| Late Permian | 260～251 Mya | T-series | Single supercontinent Pangaea, Extreme temperature rise, Most extensive Great Dying③ (260～253 Mya) | ||
| Mesozoic | |||||
| Triassic | 251～200 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Triassic | 251～245 Mya | T-series | First frog | ||
| Middle Triassic | 245～238 Mya | T-series | First dinosaur, long-neck dino and pine | ||
| Late Triassic | 228～200 Mya | T-series | First flying reptile, turtle, crocodile and mammal Great Dying④ (205 Mya) | ||
| Jurassic | 200～145 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Jurassic | 200～175 Mya | T-series | First belemnites | ||
| Middle Jurassic | 175～161 Mya | T-series | First thick-headed dino, bird-hipped dino and salamander | ||
| Late Jurassic | 161～145 Mya | T-series | First horned dino, feather dino, bird?, ray and magnolia | ||
| Cretaceous | 145～65.5 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Early Cretaceous | 145～100 Mya | T-series | First platypus, marsupial and placental | ||
| Late Cretaceous | 100～65.5 Mya | T-series | First marine lizard, ungulate, cimolesta and duck Great Dying⑤ (65.5 Mya) | ||
| Cenozoic | |||||
| Paleocene | 65.5～55.8 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Eocene | 55.8～33.9 Mya | P-tree | |||
| Oligocene | 33.9～23 Mya | P-tree | |||
| Miocene | 23～5.3 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Pliocene | 5.3～1.81 Mya | P-tree | |||
| Pleistocene | 1.81～0.01 Mya | P-tree |  | ||
| Holocene | 0.01～0 Mya | P-tree | |||