| Event Name | Type | Age | Where |
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| Island Park Caldera super-eruption | Volcanic Activity | 2.1 Ma | Idaho and Wyoming, USA |
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| Kara-Kul impact | Impact Event | ~5 Ma | Tajikistan |
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| Popigai Impact | Impact Event | 35.7 ± 0.2 Ma | Anabarskii massif, Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia |
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| Chicxulub impact | Impact Event | 66 Ma | Yucatan peninsula, Mexico |
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| Deccan Traps volcanism | Volcanic Activity | 66.25 - 65.5 Ma | India |
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| Kara impact | Impact Event | 70.3 ± 2.2 Ma | Russia |
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| Ontong Java Plateau secondary eruptions | Volcanic Activity | ~90 Ma | South Pacific |
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| Kerguelen Plateau formation | Volcanic Activity | 119 - 34 Ma | Southern Indian Ocean |
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| Ontong Java Plateau primary eruptions | Volcanic Activity | 125.0 - 124.6 Ma | South-west Pacific Ocean |
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| Tookoonooka impact | Impact Event | 128 ± 5 Ma | Queensland, Australia |
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| Morokweng impact | Impact Event | 145.0 ± 0.8 Ma | South Africa |
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| Pangaea breakup | Continental Breakup | 175 - 55 Ma | Global |
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| Andean orogeny | Orogeny | Maximum Age: 200 Ma | South America |
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| Manicouagan impact | Impact Event | 214 ± 1 Ma | Quebec, Canada |
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| Laurasia supercontinent | Supercontinent | 215 - 55 Ma | Northern Hemisphere |
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| Permian–Triassic extinction event | Mass Extinction Event | 251.941 ± 0.037 - 251.880 ± 0.031 Ma | Global |
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| Hunter-Bowen orogeny | Orogeny | 260 - 225 Ma | Australia |
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| Uralian orogeny | Orogeny | ~320 - ~175 Ma | Russia |
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| Mauritanide Belt orogeny | Orogeny | ~320 - ~270 Ma | West Africa |
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| Pangaea assembly | Continental Assembly | 335 - 272 Ma | Global |
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| Charlevoix impact | Impact Event | 342 ± 15 Ma | Quebec, Canada |
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| Late Devonian extinction | Mass Extinction Event | ~375 - ~360 Ma | Global |
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| Siljan impact | Impact Event | 376.8 ± 1.7 Ma | Sweden |
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| Variscan/Hercynian orogeny | Orogeny | ~400 - ~280 Ma | Europe/North America |
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| Ordovician–Silurian extinction events | Mass Extinction Event | ~455 - ~430 Ma | Global |
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| Caledonian orogeny | Orogeny | ~505 - ~400 Ma | Europe |
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| Cambrian explosion | Evolutionary event | 541 - 513 ± 3 Ma | Global |
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| Ross orogeny | Orogeny | ~550 - ~480 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Damara orogeny | Orogeny | ~550 - ~495 Ma | Namibia |
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| Gondwana formation | Continental Assembly | ~550 - ~500 Ma | Global |
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| Zambezi Belt orogeny (late) | Orogeny | ~550 - ~520 Ma | Zambia and Zimbabwe |
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| Avalon explosion | Evolutionary event | ~575 Ma | Global |
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| Acraman impact | Impact Event | ~590 Ma | South Australia |
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| Beaverhead impact | Impact Event | ~600 Ma | Montana, USA |
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| Timanide orogeny | Orogeny | ~620 - ~550 Ma | Europe |
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| Beardmore orogeny | Orogeny | 633 - 620 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Marinoan glaciation ("Snowball earth") | Glaciation Event | ~650 - ~635 Ma | Global |
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| Cadomian orogeny | Orogeny | ~660 - ~540 Ma | Europe |
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| Sturtian glaciation | Glaciation Event | 717.4 ± 0.1 - ~660 Ma | Global |
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| Pannotia supercontinent | Supercontinent | 750 - 530 Ma | Global |
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| Rodinia breakup | Continental Breakup | 750 - 633 Ma | Global |
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| Pan-African orogeny | Orogeny | ~870 - ~550 Ma | Africa |
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| Zambezi Belt orogeny (early) | Orogeny | ~890 - ~880 Ma | Zambia and Zimbabwe |
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| Late Ruker / Nimrod orogeny | Orogeny | 1000 ± 150 Ma | Antarctica |
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| First sexual reproduction | Evolutionary event | ~1200 Ma | Global |
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| Sveconorwegian orogeny | Orogeny | ~1250 - ~900 Ma | Europe |
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| Grenville orogeny | Orogeny | 1250 - 980 Ma | Northern America, Scotland |
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| Rodinia assembly | Continental Assembly | ~1300 - ~900 Ma | Global |
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| Ur joins Rodinia | Continental Assembly | ~1300 - 1071 Ma | Global |
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| Kibaran orogeny | Orogeny | 1400 - 1000 Ma | Mid to Southern Africa |
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| Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent breakup | Continental Breakup | 1425 ± 75 - 1250 ± 50 Ma | Global |
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| Gothian orogeny | Orogeny | ~1750 - ~1500 Ma | Europe |
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| Sudbury impact | Impact Event | 1850 ± 3 Ma | Sudbury, Ontario |
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| Early Ruker orogeny | Orogeny | 2000 - 1700 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Svecofennian orogeny | Orogeny | ~2000 - ~1750 Ma | Europe |
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| Vredefort impact | Impact Event | 2023 ± 0.004 Ma | Free State Province, South Africa |
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| Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent assembly | Continental Assembly | 2125 ± 125 - 1780 ± 70 Ma | Global |
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| Eburnean orogeny | Orogeny | ~2200 - ~2000 Ma | West Africa |
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| Huronian glaciation | Glaciation Event | ~2400 - ~2100 Ma | Global |
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| Insel orogeny | Orogeny | 2650 ± 150 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Algoman/Kenoran orogeny | Orogeny | ~2700 - ~2500 Ma | North America |
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| Pongola glaciation | Glaciation Event | ~2900 - ~2780 Ma | Global |
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| Lopian orogeny | Orogeny | ~2900 - ~2800 Ma | Europe |
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| Humboldt orogeny | Orogeny | ~3000 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Ur formation | Continental Assembly | ~3100 Ma | Global |
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| Great Oxygenation Event | Major Climatic Event | ~3500 - ~850 Ma | Global |
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| Rayner orogeny | Orogeny | ~3500 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Naiper orogeny | Orogeny | 4000 ± 200 Ma | Antarctica |
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| Late Heavy Bombardment | Impact Event | ~4100 - ~3800 Ma | Global |
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| First life | Evolutionary event | ~4280 - ~3500 Ma | Global |
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| First oceans | Major Climatic Event | ~4410 Ma | Global |
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