Era
 Millions of
 years ago
 Cenozoic
 Period
 Quatemary
 Tertiary
 Cretaceous
 Jurassic
 Triassic
 Permian
 1.6
 66.4
 144
 208
 Mesozoic
 286
 Carboniferous
 Pennsylvanian
 Mississippian
 320
 360
 Paleozoic
 408
 Devonian
 Silurian
 Ordovician
 Cambrian
 Precambnan
 570
 Which method is most likely used to identify what happened before the start of the Paleozoic era?