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AGES EXPLAINED

Major Era	Geologic Time	How Many Years Ago?
Cenozoic	Recent	0 - 9 Thousand Years
	Pleistocene	10 Thousand - 1.5 Million Years
	Pliocene	1.5 - 5 Million Years
	Miocene	5 - 23 Million Years
	Oligocene	23 - 33 Million Years
	Eocene	33 - 56 Million Years
	Paleocene	55 - 65 Million Years
Mesozoic	Cretaceous	65 - 140 Million Years
	Jurassic	140 - 220 Million Years
	Triassic	220 - 245 Million Years
Paleozoic	Permian	245 - 285 Million Years
	Carboniferous	285 - 360 Million Years
	Devonian	360 - 408 Million Years
	Silurian	408 - 438 Million Years
	Ordovician	438 - 500 Million Years
	Cambrian	500 - 550 Million Years
	Pre-Cambrian	550 Million - 4.8 Billion Years

For a much more concise time chart please visit the U.C. Berkeley website.

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