Deep time · geology, fossils, evolution

Earth through time

A globe of reconstructed continents from 1.8 billion years ago to now, with fossil occurrences from the Paleobiology Database. Slide the age to watch plates assemble Rodinia, Gondwana, and Pangaea.

Age

0 Ma · present

Fossil taxon

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Continents: Cao et al. 2024 via the GPlates Web Service (CC-BY). Time: ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart (CC-BY 4.0). Fossils: Paleobiology Database (CC-BY 4.0). Rocks and environments: Macrostrat (CC-BY 4.0). This is not Google Earth imagery — deep-time maps are reconstructed plates, not satellite photos. Sources and schema in the repo.