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Topic:
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Stuff Happened
The P-T Extinction
Evolution
251,902,000 years ago (+/- 900 years).
Cause: Massive Volcanic Eruptions in Siberia
Fungi
Timeline
Triassic–Jurassic Extinction: Volcanoes Open the Age of Dinosaurs
Evolution
~201 Million Years Ago
Cause: Massive Volcanic Eruptions
Fungi
Timeline
Archaea Diverge
Evolution
3.73 Billion Years Ago (shortly after LUCA)
Ether-linked membranes and distinct genetic machinery
Fungi
Timeline
Unikonts: Single-Motor flagella Reform
Animal-Fungi Evolution
~1.3 Billion Years Ago (+/- 100 million)
Transition to a Single Flagellum
Fungi
Timeline
Hyphae break rock
Fungal Evolution
~480 MYA (+/- 20 million)
Filamentous growth (hyphae); terrestrial colonization
Fungi
Timeline
Fungal Giants of the Devonian
Fungal Evolution
~420 MYA (+/- 20 million)
Large upright fungal structures (e.g., Prototaxites)
Fungi
Timeline
Ordovician–Silurian Extinction: Ice Strikes the Seas
Evolution
~444 Million Years Ago
Cause: Global Cooling and Falling Seas
Fungi
Timeline
Mesozoic Era: Age of Dinosaurs
Evolution
From 251.902 to 66.0 million years ago.
186 Million years: Dinosauria reigned from extinction to extinction.
Fungi
Timeline
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