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The earliest geological period is known as the Precambrian. This is a very long period of time which begins about four and a half billion years ago, with the formation of the Earth, ending at the beginning of the Cambrian Era which is about 541 million years ago. So the Precambrian is about four billion years long, longer than all other eras combined.
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∙ 8y agoThe Precambrian or, to be even more precise, the Archean Eon, which began about 4 billion years ago with the formation of the Earth's crust and extended to the start of the Proterozoic Eon (which is the second division of Precambrian time) 2.5 billion years ago, .
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∙ 11y agoThe longest "Period" was the Cretaceous period. It lasted about 80 million years.
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∙ 13y agoThe longest period in the Phanerozoic Eon is the Cretaceous, which lasted for 81 million years.
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∙ 13y agoThe Cryptic era, Precambrian.
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∙ 13y agoholocene
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What are the major geologic events in the Permian period?
The pangae was formed
What do periods on the geologic time scale represent?
An era, in geologic terms, is a geological time period encompassing two or more geologic periods.
What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex?
It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.
What is The Oldest Period in the Mesozoic Era?
Statistical analysis of the fossil records indicates that somewhere around 35% of all species disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous Era (there is considerable margin for error in that figure).
What is the time range of Precambrian Era?
Precambrian time - The period in the geologic time scale from the formation of the Earth to the beginning of the Palezonoic era, from about 4.6 billion to 543 million years ago.
From what geologic time period is the oldest rock in Iowa?
Gitchie Manitou State Park Sioux Quarzite
What is the longest Eon in the Geologic Timescale?
The oldest eon of geologic time is the Archaean Eon of the Precambrian period. The oldest rocks and fossils date from this time, about 3.8 to 2.5 billion years ago. (Prior to that, the Hadean Eon began with the formation of the Earth. No geologic record exists from the Hadean, during which the Earth cooled from its molten state.)
When on a geologic column the oldest rocks are located where?
The oldest are located at the bottom of an undisturbed column.
in a geologic column the oldest rocks are located at the?
They will normally be located at the bottom, unless otherwise upset through geologic activity.
Is A geologic era is a shorter unit of time than a geologic period?
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What is the oldest dinosaur period?
The oldest period is the Triassic period.
What geologic time period did the crylophsaurus live?
the Jurassic Period
What is the geologic time period of the octopus?
Cenezoic
Middle division of geologic time?
Period.
What geologic period is the snail in?
before the dinosuars
What is the shortest interval of geologic time?
A period.
Was era or period longer?
On the geologic time scale, an era is longer than a period. There are 12 geologic eras in total and they are composed of geologic periods. For instance, the Mesozoic era is composed of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
