| Era/Period/Epoch
|
Duration:
million years |
Hadean
from 4550 to 3800 million years ago |
how the earth and planets were built (4550-3800) |
750 million years |
Archaeozoic (Archean)
era
from 3800 to 2500 million years ago |
(3800-2500) |
1300 million years |
Proterozoic era
from 2500 to 543 million years ago |
paleoproterozoic (2500-1600) |
900 million years |
| mesoproterozoic (1600-900) |
700 million years |
| neoproterozoic (900-543) of which Vendian period: the last 107 million years (650-543) |
357 million years |
Paleozoic
era
from 543 to 248 million years ago |
Cambrian period (543-490) |
53 million years |
| Ordovician period (490-443) |
47 million years |
| Silurian period (443-417) |
26 million years |
| Devonian period (417-354) and Miguasha Canada |
63 million years |
| Carboniferous (Mississipian/Pennsylvanian) period (354-290) |
64 million years |
| Permian period (-290 to -248 M years BP) |
42 million years |
Mesozoic
era
from 248 to 65 million years ago |
Triassic period (248-206) |
42 million years |
| Jurassic period (206-144) |
62 million years |
| Cretaceous period (144-65) |
79 million years |
Cenozoic
era
"Recent Life"
from 65 million years ago to present |
Tertiary
period
(65 million years ago to 1.8 million years ago) |
Paleocene epoch (65-54.8) |
10.8 million years |
| Eocene epoch (54.8-33.7)) |
20.3 million years |
| Oligocene epoch (33.7-23.8)) |
9.9 million years |
| Miocene epoch (23.8-5.3) |
18.5 million years |
| Pliocene epoch (5.3-1.8) |
3.5 million years |
Quarternary
period
(the last 1.8 million years ago) |
Pleistocene epoch |
1.79 million years |
| Holocene epoch |
10 000 years |
| TOTAL TIME SINCE BEGINNING |
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4550 million years |
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