What the Earth was like

Timelapse made using 11 paleogeography maps from Prof. Ron Blakey (NAU Geology).

Paleogeographic maps portray immense amounts of data in a single view. When used in time sequence, they show trend and pattern through geologic time.

Here, the timelapse depicts Earth geological evolution from the Early Jurassic until current epoch:

• Early Jurassic (-200 Ma)
• Middle Jurassic (-170 Ma)
• Late Jurassic (-150 Ma)
• Early Cretaceous (-120 Ma) [See the Sketchfab model]
• Middle Cretaceous (-105 Ma)
• Upper Cretaceous (-90 Ma, Turonian)
• Cretaceous - Tertiary boundary (-65 Ma, Maastrichtian/Danian)
• Eocene (-50 Ma)
• Oligocene (-35 Ma)
• Miocene (-20 Ma)
• Holocene (Present)

Model prepared following the steps described on Sketchfab’s Help Center.