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What is the geological time line?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It is the time line, as well as we know it, for Earth's evolution. Each period is defined by a major geological or biological event. The first geologic time scale was proposed by British geologist Arthur Holmes (1890-1965) in 1913

Precambrian time (4567 to 542 mya)

· Hadean Eon (4567 to 3800 mya)

· Archaeon Eon (3800 to 2500 mya)

· Proterozoic Eon (2500 to 542 mya)

Phanerozoic Eon (542 mya to present)

· Paleozoic Era (542 mya to 251 mya)

o Cambrian Period (542 to 488.3 mya)

o Tommotion Stage (534 to 530 mya)

o Ordovician Period (488.3 to 443.7 mya)

o Silurian Period (443.7 to 416 mya)

o Devonian Period (416 to 359.2 mya)

o Carboniferous Period (359.2 to 299 mya)

o Mississippian Epoch (359.2 to 318.1 mya)

o Pennsylvanian Epoch (318.1 to 299 mya)

o Permian Period (299 to 251 mya)

· Mesozoic Era (251 to 65.5 mya)

o Triassic Period (251 to 199.6 mya)

o Jurassic Period (199.6 to 145.5 mya)

o Cretaceous Period (145.5 to 65.5 mya)

· Cenozoic Era (65.5 mya to today)

o Paleogene Period (65.5 to 23. 03 mya)

o Tertiary Period (65.5 to 2.58 mya)

o Paleocene Epoch (65.5 to 54.8 mya)

o Eocene Epoch (54.8 to 33.7 mya)

o Oligocene Epoch (33.7 to 23.03 mya)

· Neogene Period (23.03 mya to today)

o Miocene Epoch (23.03 to 5.3 mya)

o Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.58 mya)

o Quaternary Period (2.58 mya to today)

o Pleistocent Epoch (2.58 mya to 11,400 yrs ago)

o Holocene Epoch (11,400 yrs ago to today)

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