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History Trading Cards
MODE:
When
Stuff Happened
Protozoa Evolve
Evolution
2 Billion Years Ago (+/- 100 million years)
Nucleus and internal organelles
Plants
Timeline
Modern Trees: Modern Leaves
Plant Evolution
145 Million Years Ago (+/- 5 million years)
Rapid vascular transport
Plants
Timeline
Ginkgo biloba-like Trees: True Leaves
Plant Evolution
270 Million Years Ago (+/- 5 million years)
Efficient vascular networks inside leaves
Plants
Timeline
Pangaea Splitting Starts Splitting Evolution
Evolution
180 Million years ago (+/- 5 million)
Pangaea Super Continent Breakup
Plants
Timeline
Prokaryotic Life
Evolution
3.73 Billion Years Ago (after LUCA)
Membrane and metabolic diversity.
Plants
Timeline
Red-Green Algae Ancestors Split
Plant Evolution
1.5 Billion Years Ago (+/- 100 million years)
Chloroplast refinement, chlorophyll variants
Plants
Timeline
Ginkgo biloba — A Living Fossil in My Backyard
Plant Evolution
~270 million years ago (± 20 million years)
Increased light capture area
Plants
Timeline
Bikonts: Plant Ancestors Split Off Again (Front-Pull Pioneers)
Plant Evolution
~1.55 Billion Years Ago (+/- 5 million)
Two "Anterior" Flagella – plant rowboats
Plants
Timeline