Paleobiology timeline
Mapped taxa already carry standardized geological ranges and living or extinct status. A dedicated timeline can turn those fields into temporal filters, extinction-event overlays, and comparisons across evolutionary eras.
Geological timeExtinction eventsTaxon rangesEvolutionary radiationsLiving status
What Genosphere supports today
- Geological-range labels and living, extinct, or mixed status on curated nodes.
- Lineage exploration that keeps fossil groups connected to the broader Tree of Life.
- Node-grounded questions about time ranges, traits, and evolutionary context.
What comes next
- A geological time slider with period and epoch filters.
- Mass-extinction, first-appearance, and last-appearance overlays.
- Connections to vetted fossil occurrence and paleobiology datasets.
Questions this workspace can explore
Which branches cross this extinction boundary?
When did this lineage first appear in the fossil record?
Which related groups lived during the same geological interval?
Intended for Paleobiologists, Museum educators, Evolution researchers. Genosphere is exploratory; verify important scientific claims against primary literature and the displayed source provenance.
Start with the interactive tree
Select a node, inspect its evidence, and ask a grounded question.