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    The document provides a geologic time scale that divides Earth's history into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. It shows the major divisions of geologic time from the Precambrian Eon to the present day Quaternary Period. Key eras included are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, with periods like the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary. Numeric ages are provided for each division in millions of years ago.

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    The document provides a geologic time scale that divides Earth's history into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. It shows the major divisions of geologic time from the Precambrian Eon to the present day Quaternary Period. Key eras included are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, with periods like the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary. Numeric ages are provided for each division in millions of years ago.

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    The document provides a geologic time scale that divides Earth's history into eons, eras, periods, and epochs. It shows the major divisions of geologic time from the Precambrian Eon to the present day Quaternary Period. Key eras included are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, with periods like the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary. Numeric ages are provided for each division in millions of years ago.

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    Geologic Time Scale 2019


    CENOZOIC MESOZOIC PALEOZOIC PRECAMBRIAN
    Numeric Numeric Numeric Numeric
    Period Epoch Period Epoch Period Epoch Eon
    Age (Ma) Age (Ma) Age (Ma) Age (Ma)
    Upper

    PERMIAN
    259.1
    QUATERNARY

    CRETACEOUS
    Holocene Upper Middle
    273.0
    Lower
    0.012 100.5 298.9
    Upper PROTEROZOIC

    Pennsylvanian
    307.0

    CARBONIFEROUS
    Pleistocene Lower Middle
    315.2
    Lower
    2.6 145.0 323.2
    Upper

    Mississippian
    330.9 2500
    Pliocene Upper Middle
    Neogene

    346.7
    Lower
    5.3 163.5 358.9
    JURASSIC

    Upper

    DEVONIAN
    382.7
    Miocene Middle Middle ARCHEAN
    393.3
    Lower
    23.0 174.1 419.2
    Pridoli

    SILURIAN
    423.0
    TERTIARY

    Ludlow
    Oligocene Lower 427.4
    Wenlock
    433.4 4000
    Llandovery
    33.9 201.3 443.8

    Upper
    ORDOVICIAN
    Paleogene

    Upper 458.4

    Eocene Middle
    237 470.0
    TRIASSIC

    Lower
    56.0 Middle 485.4 HADEAN
    Furongian
    CAMBRIAN

    247.2 497
    Epoch 3
    Paleocene 509
    Lower Epoch 2
    521
    Terreneuvian
    66.0 251.9 541.0 4600

    Modified from the following: GSA Geologic Time Scale v. 5.0 and International Chronostratigraphic Chart v. 2018/08 **Explanation:
    References: Divisions of geologic time are not to scale.
    Cohen, K.M., Harper, D.A.T., Gibbard, P.L. 2018. ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2018/08. International Commission on
    Stratigraphy, IUGS. www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale (visited: 2018/08/15) Ma – Millions of years ago
    Walker, J.D., Geissman, J.W., Bowring, S.A., and Babcock, L.E., compilers. 2018. Geologic Time Scale v. 5.0: Geological Society of America. The Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic are the Eras of the Phanerozoic.
    https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Geologic_Time_Scale/GSA/timescale/home.aspx (visited: 2018/08/15)

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