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Geologic Time Chart from to Holocene Epoch 0.01 0.00 Quaternary Period Pleistocene Epoch 1.8 0.01 Pliocene Epoch 5 1.8 Miocene Epoch 23 5 Oligocene Epoch 38 23 Eocene Epoch 54 38 Cenozoic Era Tertiary Period Paleocene Epoch 65 54 Cretaceous Period 146 65 Jurassic Period 208 146 Mesozoic Era Triassic Period 245 208 Permian Period 286 245 Pennsylvanian Period 325 286 Mississippian Period 360 325 Devonian Period 410 360 Silurian Period 440 410 Ordovician Period 505 440 Phanerozoic Eon Paleozoic Era Cambrian Period 544 505 Proterozoic Era 2,500 544 Archaean Era 3,800 2,500 Precambrian Eon Hadean Era 4,500 3800 Chart is not to scale. Dates are in millions of years. Dates vary from source to source For more information go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html Some authors refer to the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian as Carboniferous

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Page 1: Geologic Time 2 - michigan.gov Time Chart from to Quaternary Holocene Epoch 0.01 0.00 Period Pleistocene Epoch 1.8 0.01 Pliocene Epoch 5 1.8 Miocene Epoch 23 5

Geologic Time Chart

from to Holocene Epoch 0.01 0.00 Quaternary

Period Pleistocene Epoch 1.8 0.01 Pliocene Epoch 5 1.8 Miocene Epoch 23 5

Oligocene Epoch 38 23 Eocene Epoch 54 38 C

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Paleocene Epoch 65 54 Cretaceous Period 146 65 Jurassic Period 208 146

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Triassic Period 245 208 Permian Period 286 245 Pennsylvanian Period 325 286 Mississippian Period 360 325 Devonian Period 410 360 Silurian Period 440 410 Ordovician Period 505 440

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Cambrian Period 544 505

Proterozoic Era 2,500 544

Archaean Era 3,800 2,500

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Hadean Era 4,500 3800

Chart is not to scale. Dates are in millions of years. Dates vary from source to source For more information go to http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html Some authors refer to the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian as Carboniferous