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Geologic Time Scale
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09/01/2010

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Precambrian era
Definition
4,500-570 million years ago
4,500 million years ago- Origin of Earth
3,500 million years ago- Origin of Life
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Paleozoic era
Definition
570-248 million years ago
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Cambrian
Definition
513-570 million years ago-
Earliest known vertebrates
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Ordovician
Definition
436-513 million years ago
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Silurian
Definition
412-436 million years ago
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Devonian
Definition
354-412 million years ago- Earliest known tetrapods
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Carboniferous
Definition
290-354 million years ago
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Permian
Definition
248 million years ago
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Mesozoic era
Definition
248-290 million years ago
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Triassic
Definition
205-248 million years ago- earliest known dinosaurs
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Jurassic
Definition
144-205 million years ago
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Cretaceous
Definition
65 million years ago- Extinction of all dinosaurs except birds
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Cenozoic era
Definition
65-144 million years ago
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Paleocene
Definition
57-65 million years ago
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Eocene
Definition
34-57 million years ago
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Oligocene
Definition
24-34 million years ago
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Pliocene
Definition
5-24 million years ago
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Pleistocene
Definition
1.8-5 million years ago
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Recent
Definition
0-1.8 million years ago
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