Eon

Era
zoic Cenozoic

Period
GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALE
Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

Ma = Million years ago

Scale
0 Ma 50 Ma 100 Ma

GA 16-9473 | GeoCat 89966

66 Ma

23 Ma
2.6 Ma
0 Ma

Source: Gradstein, Ogg, Schmitz & Ogg. The Geologic Time Scale 2012.

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Present day
Quaternary www.ga.gov.au
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 Cretaceous
2
Mesozoic

145 Ma
Jurassic
201 Ma
Triassic
Phanerozoic

252 Ma
Permian
299 Ma
Carboniferous
359 Ma
Paleozoic

Devonian
Silurian 419 Ma
444 Ma
Ordovician
485 Ma
Cambrian
541 Ma
 Neoproterozoic

541 Ma
000 Ma

3
Mesoproterozoic

1000 Ma

4
 Proterozoic

2800 Ma

5
Paleoproterozoic

6
 Neoarchean

800 Ma 2500 Ma

7
an

Mesoarchean

3200 Ma 2800 Ma

8
 Archean

Paleoarchean

3600 Ma 320

9
 Eoarchean

4000 Ma

10
 Hadean

4600 Ma

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