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GEO-CHRONOLOGY

Pre-Cambrian

Late Precambrian

Middle Precambrian

Early Precambrian

Before 597 million years

597 to 2,400 million years

2,400 to 3,500 million years

3,500 to 4,600 million years

   

Palaeozoic Era

Upper Palaeozoic

Lower Palaozoic

235 to 597 million years

225 to 395 million years

395 to 597 million years

Subdivisions

  • Cambrian
  • Ordovician
  • Silurian
  • Devonian
  • Carboniferous
  • Permian

 

510 to 597 million years

460 to 510 million years

405 to 460 million years

360 to 405 million years

280 to 360 million years

235 to 280 million years

   

Mesozoic Era

64 to 235 million years

Subdivisions

  • Triassic
  • Jurassic
  • Cretaceous

 

210 to 235 million years

135 to 210 million years

64 to 135 million years

   

Cenozoic Era

Quaternary Period

Tertiary Period

Present to 64 million years

Present to 2 million years

2 to 64 million years

Subdivisions

  • Palaeocene
  • Eocene
  • Oligocene
  • Miocene
  • Pliocene
  • Pleistocene
  • Holocene

 

54 to 64 million years

38 to 54 million years

26 to 38 million years

7 to 26 million years

2 to 7 million years

50,000 BC to 2 million years

Present to 50,000



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