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Eon |
Era |
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Epoch |
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Phanerozoic (543 mya to present) |
Cenozoic (65 mya to today) |
Quaternary (1.8 mya to today) |
Holocene (10,000 yrs to today) |
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Pleistocene (1.8 mya to 10,000 yrs) |
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Tertiary (65 to 1.8 mya) |
Pliocene (5.3 to 1.8 mya) |
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Miocene (23.8 to 5.3 mya) |
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Oligocene (33.7 to 23.8 mya) |
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Eocene (54.8 to 33.7 mya) |
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Paleocene (65 to 54.8 mya) |
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Mesozoic (248 to 65 mya) |
Cretaceous (144 to 65 mya) |
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Jurassic (206 to 144 mya) |
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Triassic (248 to 206 mya) |
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Paleozoic (543 to 248 mya) |
Permian (290 to 248 mya) |
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Pennsylvanian (323 to 290 mya) |
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Mississippian (354 to 323 mya) |
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Devonian (417 to 354 mya) |
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Silurian (443 to 417 mya) |
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Ordovician (490 to 443 mya) |
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Cambrian (543 to 490 mya) |
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Precambrian (4500 to 543 mya) |
Proterozoic (2500 to 543 mya) |
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Archaean (3800 to 2500 mya) |
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Hadean (4500 to 3800 mya) |
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Credits: The times given to the various eons, eras,
periods, and epochs are credited to the |
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