Phanerozoic Eon

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division of geologic time geologic 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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Phanerozoic eon 4

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf division of geologic time ⓘ
geologic eon ⓘ
beginsWith Cambrian explosion ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Carboniferous Period

Cenozoic ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era

Cretaceous ⓘ
surface form: Cretaceous Period

Devonian Period ⓘ
Jurassic Period ⓘ
Mesozoic Era ⓘ
Neogene ⓘ
surface form: Neogene Period

Ordovician Period ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
surface form: Paleogene Period

Paleozoic Era ⓘ
Permian Period ⓘ
Quaternary period ⓘ
surface form: Quaternary Period

Silurian ⓘ
surface form: Silurian Period

Triassic ⓘ
surface form: Triassic Period
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 ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era
middleEra Mesozoic Era ⓘ
nameMeaning visible life ⓘ
partOf geologic time scale ⓘ
startTime about 541 million years ago ⓘ
usedIn geology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ

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

Proterozoic Eon → followedBy → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Holocene → isPartOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Cambrian explosion → locatedInTime → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phanerozoic eon
Cenozoic → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Cretaceous → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Mesozoic Era → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Neogene → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Paleozoic Era → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → partOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phanerozoic eon
Jurassic → positionInEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Permian Period → positionInEon → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Precambrian Supereon → precedes → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
Northgrippian → subdivisionOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phanerozoic eon
Pliocene epoch → subdivisionOf → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phanerozoic eon
Early Devonian → timeScale → Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ