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The Geologic Timescale and Stratigraphic column

Era Period Epoch *Ma

Pleistocene
1.81
Late
Pliocene 3.60
Early
Neogene 5.33
Late
11.61
Miocene Middle
15.97
Early
Cenozoic 23.03
Late
Oligocene 28.4
Early
33.9
Late
37.2
Paleogene Eocene Middle
48.6
Early
55.8
Late
58.7
Paleocene Middle
61.7
Early
65.5
Late
Cretaceous 99.6
Early
145.5
Late
161.2
Mesozoic Jurassic Middle
175.6
Early
199.6
Late
228.0
Triassic Middle 245.0
Early
251.0
Continued

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