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Eon Era Period Time
(million years before present)
Phanerozoic Cenozoic (Q) Quaternary 1.8 to now
(T) Tertiary 65 to 1.8
Mesozoic (K) Cretaceous 146 to 65
(J) Jurassic 208 to 146
(Tr) Triassic 245 to 208
Paleozoic (P) Permian 280 to 245
(IP) Pennsylvanian 325 to 280
(M) Mississippian 363 to 325
(D) Devonian 417 to 363
(S) Silurian 443 to 417
(O) Ordovician 495 to 443
(C) Cambrian 540 to 495
Proterozoic 2500 to 540
Archean 3900 to 2500
Hadean 4600 to 3900


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