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[edit] Prehistoric periods & events

(in geochronological order)

[edit] Pre-Cambrian time (a.k.a. Cryptozoic)

Proterozoic eon ("eon of first life")

• Paleoproterozoic era
  • Oxygen catastrophe
• Mesoproterozoic era
• Neoproterozoic
  • Tonian period
  • Cryogenian period
    • Snowball earth
  • Ediacaran period
    • Ediacaran biota

[edit] Phanerozoic eon

("eon of well-displayed life")

Paleozoic era

• Cambrian period
  • Cambrian explosion of invertebrates as fossils
  • Burgess shale invertebrates (best fossils of early Paleozoic)
  • Cambrian-Ordovician extinction
• Ordovician period
  • Ordovician-Silurian extinction
• Silurian period
• Devonian period
  • Late Devonian extinction
• Carboniferous period
  • Mississippian epoch
  • Pennsylvanian epoch
• Permian period (demise of trilobites, graptolites, rugose corals & sea scorpions)
  • Permian-Triassic extinction

Mesozoic era

• Triassic period
  • Triassic-Jurassic extinction
• Jurassic period
• Cretaceous period
  • Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction

Cenozoic era

• Paleogene period, a.k.a. early Tertiary
• Neogene period, a.k.a. late Tertiary & Quarternary
  • Holocene extinctions

[edit] Prehistoric oceans, continents & seas

• Angara continent
• Baltica continent
• Fennoscandia continent
• Gondwana supercontinent
• Laurasia continent
• Laurentia continent
• Laurussia continent
• Mirovia Ocean
• Paleo-Tethys Ocean
• Pangea supercontinent
• Pannotia supercontinent
• Panthalassa or Panthalassic Ocean
• Rodinia supercontinent
• Tethys Ocean

[edit] Fossils & evolution of invertebrates

• Evolution of invertebrates, etc.
• Evolutionary history of life
• Extinction events
• Fossils of invertebrates, etc.
• Fossil collecting
• Fossil parks open to visitors
• Geologic timescale -- has eras/periods of ancient life
• Glaciations
• History of earth
• Ice ages
• Index fossils or guide fossils
• Invertebrate paleontology
• List of fossil sites -- with link directory
• List of notable fossils -- includes invertebrate fossil beds
• List of transitional fossils
• Living fossil
• Macrofossils -- includes megafossils
• Mass extinctions
• Microfossils -- including microscopic invertebrates
• Phylogenetic tree of life's evolution
• Prehistoric animals
• Prehistoric life -- very brief article
• Pseudofossils -- fossil-like stones and rocks
• Radiations of invertebrates, etc.
• Taxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebrates (w/ internal links)
• Timeline of evolution -- has era/periods of past life
• Trace fossils -- indirect evidence of past life

[edit] Areas of scientific inquiry

• Biochemistry, a.k.a. Organic chemistry
• Biometrics -- Biology and Statistics
• Developmental biology and Embryology
• Earth sciences and Geology
• Evolutionary biology
• Evolution, the science of
• Evolutionary developmental biology ("Evo-devo")
• Geochemistry or earth chemistry
• Geochronology and Historical geology
• History of biology
• History of evolutionary thought
• History of geology
• History of invertebrate paleozoology -- espec. marine invertebrates
• History of paleontology -- espec. dinosaurs and mammals
• Malacology -- mollusk shells, lampshells, etc.
• Marine biology and Oceanography
• Micropaleontology -- incl. microscopic invertebrates
• Natural history and Museums
• Paleobiology, a subfield of biology
• Paleoclimatology -- ancient climates
• Paleoecology -- ancient ecosystems
• Paleogeography -- ancient lands and seas
• Paleontologists -- includes paleobiologists
• Paleontology, a subfield of geology
• Paleozoology -- the study of all ancient animals
• Paleozoology: Vertebrates
• Petrology -- science of rocks & stones
• Phylogenetics regarding invertebrates
• Scientific methodology or methods of inquiry
• Sedimentology and Sedimentary rock
• Stratigraphy and Rock strata
• Zoology and its I.C.Z.N. regarding animal taxa