The Last 100 Million Years B.P. 000,000,000s BP
90 Millions: Mesozoic Era - Cretaceous Period

c. 94 M BP Map
80,000,000s - Mesozoic Era - Cretaceous Period

70,000,000s - Mesozoic Era - Cretaceous Period

60,000,000s -   Mesozoic Era / Cenozoic Era
Cretaceous Period Map Dinosaurs become extinct
65,000,000 BP Paleocene begins Early mammals diversify.
50,000,000s  Cenozoic Era
Eocene Epoch
Map 50.2 M
to 36,000,000 BP
Apperance of many modern mammal groups.
40,000,000s Cenozoic Era
Eocene Epoch Apperance of many modern mammal groups.

30,000,000s Cenozoica
Eocene Epoch
36,000,000 BP
Oligocene Epoch
Many early mammals become extinct.

20,000,000s Cenozoic Era
Oligocene Epoch Many early mammals become extinct.
22,000,000 BP
Miocene Epoch
Rise & Spread of grasslands, associated with spread of grazing mammals.
10,000,000s Cenozoic
Miocene Epoch Map
Rise & Spread of grasslands, associated with spread of grazing mammals.

00,000,000s   Cenozoic Era
Miocene Epoch
7,000,000 BP
Pliocene Epoch
Many mammals become extinct. Appearance of hominids.
>
2,000,000 BP
Pleistocene Epoch
Ice covers much of Europe & N. America.

10,000,000 BP
Holocene
Ice retreats to present position.

0000's 000,000,000s

Sources: AN INSTANT GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC LIFE, Pamela Forey 1988 Bonanza Books
Hammond Physical World Atlas 1988