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Dates of Geologic Time Periods
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Term
Holocene
Definition
11,000 years ago to present, age of man
Term
Pleistocene
Definition
1.8 MYA to 11,000 years ago, most recent ice age, age of man
Term
Pliocene
Definition
5.3 MYA to 1.8 MYA, age of mammals
Term
Miocene
Definition
23.8 MYA to 5.3 MYA, age of mammals
Term
Oligocene
Definition
33.7 MYA to 23.8 MYA, age of mammals
Term
Eocene
Definition
54.8 MYA to 33.7 MYA, age of mammals
Term
Paleocene
Definition
65 MYA to 54.8 MYA, beginning of Tertiary, began after extinction of dinosaurs
Term
Cretaceous
Definition
144 MYA to 65 MYA, age of reptiles ended with mass extinction of dinosaurs
Term
Jurassic
Definition
206 MYA to 144 MYA, age of reptiles
Term
Triassic
Definition
251 MYA to 206 MYA, age of reptiles
Term
Permian
Definition
290 MYA to 251 MYA, age of amphibians
Term
Carboniferous-Pennslvanian
Definition
323 MYA to 290 MYA, age of amphibians
Term
Carboniferous-Mississippian
Definition
354 MYA to 323 MYA, age of amphibians
Term
Devonian
Definition
417 MYA to 354 MYA, age of fish
Term
Silurian
Definition
443 MYA to 417 MYA, age of fish
Term
Ordivician
Definition
490 MYA to 443 MYA, age of invertebrates
Term
Cambrian
Definition
543 MYA to 490 MYA, age of invertebrates
Term
Proterozoic
Definition
2.5 BYA to 543 MYA, Pre-Cambrian Time
Term
Archean
Definition
3.85 BYA to 2.5 BYA, Pre-Cambrian Time, earth was all volcanic rock
Term
Hadean
Definition
4.5 BYA to 3.85 BYA, formation of the earth
Term
Cenezoic Era
Definition
65 MYA to Present, Oldest to Youngest Paleocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene
Term
Mesozoic Era
Definition
251 MYA to 65 MYA, Oldest to Youngest, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Term
Paleozoic Era
Definition
542 MYA to 251 MYA, Oldest to Youngest, Cambrian, Ordivician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous (Miss, Pen) Permian
Term
PreCambrian Era
Definition
4.5 BYA to 542 MYA, Oldest to Youngest, Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic
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