|
Eon |
Era |
Period |
Epoch |
MYA |
|
|
Phanerozoic |
Cenozoic |
Quaternary |
Holocene |
now |
|
|
Pleistocene |
.08 |
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|
Tertiary
|
Neogene |
Pliocene |
1.8 |
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|
Miocene |
5.3 |
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|
Paleogene
|
Oligocene |
23.8 |
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|
Eocene |
33.7 |
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|
Paleocene |
55.5 |
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|
Mesozoic |
Cretaceous |
65 |
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|
Jurassic |
145 |
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|
Triassic |
213 |
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|
Paleozoic |
Permian |
248 |
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|
Carboniferous |
Pennsylvanian |
286 |
|||
|
Mississippian |
325 |
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|
Devonian |
360 |
||||
|
Silurian |
410 |
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|
Ordovician |
440 |
||||
|
Cambrian |
505 |
||||
|
Proterozoic |
Precambrian |
544 |
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|
Archean |
2500 |
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|
Hadean |
3800 |
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A Mnemonic, uses Recent instead of Holocene as in the table above