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The Geological Timeline

Eon Era Period Epoch Time Span in Years
Phanerozoic Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene 0 - 11.500
Late Pleistocene 11.500 - 1,7 Mio.
Early Pleistocene
Tertiary Pliocene 1,7 - 66 Mio.
Miocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Palaeocene
Mesozoic Cretaceous Late Cretaceous 66 - 140 Mio.
Early Cretaceous
Jurassic Late Jurassic 140 - 210 Mio.
Middle Jurassic
Early Jurassic
Triassic Late Triassic 210 - 250 Mio.
Middle Triassic
Early Triassic
Palaeozoic Permian Late Permian 250 - 290 Mio.
Early Permian
Carboniferous Late Carboniferous 290 - 360 Mio.
Early Carboniferous
Devonian Late Devonian 360 - 410 Mio.
Early Devonian
Silurian Late Silurian 410 - 440 Mio.
Early Silurian
Ordovician Late Ordovician 440 - 500 Mio.
Middle Ordovician
Early Ordovician
Cambrian Late Cambrian 500 - 590 Mio.
Middle Cambrian
Early Cambrian
  Precambrian

Proterozoic Eon

590 Mio. - 2,5 Mrd.

Archaic Eon

2,5 - 4,6 Mrd.

Source: Geoglossar.de.