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Date of fossil Eukaryotic fossil acritarch Tappania plana ~1,500 MYA 113025 Javaux EJ, Knoll AH,...
Fossil calibration dates Mammals Table - link Myr 112709 Nabholz B, Glemin S,...
Age of oldest fossil spider Spider ∼300 Million years ago 116055 Mammola S, Michalik P...
Oldest fossil spider in amber Spider 125 – 135 Million years ago 116056 Mammola S, Michalik P...
First fossil evidence of multicellular eukaryotes Eukaryotes ~900 Mya 107504 Topley and Wilson's ...
Characteristic efficency of fossil fuel usage Biosphere 38 Percent 100724 Sustainable energy, Tester...
Rate of release of fossil-fuel derived CO2 Biosphere ~4.25e+14 mol CO2/year 116100 Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM...
First unequivocal fossil evidence of eukaryotes occurs in rock Eukaryotes ~1,200 Mya 107503 Topley and Wilson's ...
Total carbon stored in fossil fuels Biosphere 4130 10^15 g 100978 aquatic photosynthesis...
Energetic efficiency for herring production-protein output/fossil fuel input Biosphere 50 Percent 104640 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Energetic efficiency for chicken production-protein output/fossil fuel input Biosphere 6.3 Percent 104638 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Energetic efficiency for lamb production-protein output/fossil fuel input Biosphere 0.5 Percent 104639 Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin...
Time that a recognized taxa in the fossil record lives Generic 1 - 10 million years 112640 De Vos JM, Joppa LN,...
Dates of evolutionary branching points of the key genome model organisms based on fossil evidence Various Graph - link N/A 105149 Donoghue PC, Benton MJ....
Geological ages (millions of years ago), brain size (cm^3), estimated male and female body weights (kg), and posterior tooth surface areas (mm^2) for selected fossil hominid species Primates Table - link N/A 113757 Leonard WR, Robertson ML...
Estimated half-life of Gly-Gly peptide bond in water at pH5.6 Generic at 5˚C 20,000years: at 15˚C 5,000years years 101437 Collins and Gernaey-Child...
Age of ancient fossilized evidence of life Biosphere isotopic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks 3,700-3,800: stromatolites 3,700: molecular clock >4,000 Mya 113264 Nutman AP, Bennett VC...
Thickness of shell beds (biogenic sediments) Biosphere paleozoic-a few centimeters to tens of centimeters: post-Paleozoic >1meter N/A 113321 Smith et al., Body size...
Percent of polyploid flowering plants Plants 70 % 104736 Masterson J, Stomatal...
Fraction of bivalves that went extinct during the end-Cretaceous event Mollusk Bivalvia spp. ~49 % 112754 Barnosky AD et al., Has...