Geoscience Reference
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Appendix D
The geological time scale
Era
Period
Sub-period
Epoch
Ended-began (Ma)
Quaternary
Holocene
0-0.018
Pleistocene
0.018-1.6
Neogene
Pliocene
1.6-5.1
Cenozoic
Miocene
5.1-24
Tertiary
Oligocene
24-38
Paleogene
Eocene
38-55
Paleocene
55-65
Cretaceous
65-144
Mesozoic
Jurassic
144-213
Triassic
213-248
Permian
248-286
Carboniferous
286-360
Paleozoic
Devonian
360-408
Silurian
408-438
Ordovician
438-505
Cambrian
505-570
Proterozoic
570-2700
Archean
2700-4000
Hadean
4000-4560
