The Ectasian (from Greek ectasis, "extension") is the second geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic era and lasted from 1400 Ma ago to 1200 Ma (million years ago). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit The Mesoproterozoic Era is a geologic era that occurred between 1600 Ma and 1000 Ma (million years ago Annum is one form of the Latin noun meaning Year, not a form normally used for derivatives in modern languages the accusative singular Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined chronometrically. Stratigraphy, a branch of Geology, studies rock layers and layering ( stratification)
Name derives from continued expansion of platform covers during this period. In Geology, a platform cover is the Sedimentary and Volcanic deposits that lie on top of a Craton.
Evidence of a eukaryotic red algae, Bangiomorpha pubescens, has been identified from ca. Animals Plants fungi, and Protists are eukaryotes (juːˈkærɪɒt or -oʊt Organisms whose cells are organized into complex The red algae (Rhodophyta ˌroʊdəˈfaɪtə roʊˈdɒfɨtə from Greek: ῥόδον (rhodon = rose + φυτόν (phyton = plant thus red plant are 1200 Ma old rocks in the Hunting Formation (Somerset Island, Canada). A member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Somerset Island is a large island across the 2km wide Bellot Strait from the Boothia Peninsula in the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This is the oldest known sexually reproducing organism and therefore the earliest known complex multicellular organism. An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual Multicellular organisms are Organisms consisting of more than one cell, and having Differentiated cells that perform specialized functions [1]
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| Paleoproterozoic era | Mesoproterozoic era | Neoproterozoic era | |||||||
| Siderian | Rhyacian | Orosirian | Statherian | Calymmian | Ectasian | Stenian | Tonian | Cryogenian | Ediacaran |