Maps of Ancient Earth

Jeff Poling


Web page and colorized images copyright © 1996 Jeff Poling
Original images copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Ma = Million (years) ago

50 Ma (Cenozoic/Tertiary/Paleogene/Eocene/Lutetian)
100 Ma (Mesozoic/Cretaceous/Gallic/Albian)
170 Ma (Mesozoic/Jurassic/Dogger/Bajocian)
220 Ma (Mesozoic/Triassic/Tr3/Norian)
260 Ma (Paleozoic/Permian/Rotliegendes/Artinskian)
320 Ma (Paleozoic/Carboniferous/Pennsylvanian/Bashkirian/Yeadonian)
410 Ma (Paleozoic/Silurian/Pridoli)
510 Ma (Paleozoic/Ordovician/Canadian/Tremadoc)

Picture source: Windley, Brian F. The Evolving Continents. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1995.
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Revised April 15, 1996