Epoch Explorer
Click a region on the diagram and pick a point in time to see known fossil animals from that place and era.
Regional Events
Madagascar and India Break from Africa~160 Mya
Click a region to search there — click it again to search globally.
Schematic. Shows which landmasses were connected, not where they were.
Gondwana / Laurasia Breakup
The Central Atlantic opens, splitting Laurasia in the north from Gondwana in the south.
Time period
160 million years agoGlobal Events
Most recentToarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event ~183 Mya
A period of widespread oxygen depletion in the oceans, causing significant marine extinctions (especially among ammonites). Linked to eruptions of the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province, centred on what's now southern Africa and Antarctica.
Centred on, or linked to, Africa.
A group through all of timeFormations of the Late JurassicThe world at 160 MyaWhat this site infers