• The name of the major ocean during the Paleozoic Era was the Panthalasic Ocean.

• The Appalachian Mountains were first noted on the Early Devonian map which was approximately 400 million years ago.

• This is the period of the Paleozic when forests begin to form and fish began migrating from the Southern hemisphere (Scotose, 2003)

• Small formations of the modern day map of Earth can be seen on this Early Carboniferous map, such as, the Yucatan Peninsula below what is known today as Mexico.

• According to the names of the periods, it seems that the Early Carboniferous period is when coal began to form since coal’s elemental form is carbon.

• As the area between Euramerica and Gondwana began to close, the South Pole formed an ice cap which started changing the climate.

• Gondwana is the name of the large landmass that occupied the surface of the earth until the late Permian period.

• At the end of the Paleozoic period, Pangea joined all the landmasses together.

• The modern day continents, are much more recognizable during the Late Permian period.

Dinosaurs dominated the earth during the Mesozoic period, fauna began forming and it was a relatively warm period of time on the earth.

• During the Jurassic period the Central Atlantic Ocean began to form as North America moved to the Northwest.

• The Panthalassic and Tethys Oceans lead to the formation of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

• According to the coloring of the Early Jurassic map, it looks as though the Rocky Mountains were beginning to form. In the Jurassic map, it is obvious that there is a mountain range in the area of the Rocky Mountains.

• During the Cretaceous period, the map shows India as separated from Africa and Antarctica. India was then north of Antarctica and east of Africa and finally many years later, ends up as part of Asia.

• During the Eocene period, the map shows the Himalayas forming before India meets Asia

• On the map of the Miocene period, the land masses resemble today’s modern map. India has collided with Asia by this period.

• During the Cenzoic Era and Beyond, the world was in a colder climate than the Mesozoic but after the glacial period it began to warm.

• By the end of the Future World period, the landmasses have once again come together, not in a complete continent but very closely situated. The oceans are now one large ocean and are not divided.

Scotese, C. R. (2003, 2 2). Retrieved from Paleomap Project: http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm