Era

Period

Cenozoic Quaternary
Neogene
Paleogene

Mesozoic Cretaceous

Epoch

Dates (m.y.)

Holocene
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Paleocene
Late Cretaceous

0.01-0
2.6-0.01
5.3-2.6
23-5.3
34-23
56-34
66-56
100-66

Early Cretaceous 145-100

Jurassic

Triassic

Paleozoic Permian

Carboniferous

Devonian

Late Jurassic
Middle Jurassic
Early Jurassic
Late Triassic
Middle Triassic

164-145
174-164
201-174
237-201
247-237

Early Triassic

252-247

Lopingian

260-252

Guadalupian

272-260

Cisuralian

299-272

Late
Pennsylvanian

307-299

Middle
Pennsylvanian

315-307

Early
Pennsylvanian

323-315

Late
Mississippian

331-323

Middle
Mississippian

347-331

Early
Mississippian

359-347

Late Devonian

383-359

Middle Devonian 393-383

Early Devonian

419-393

Silurian

Pridoli
Ludlow
Wenlock

423-419
427-423
433-427

Llandovery

443-433

Late Ordovician

458-443

Middle
Ordovician

470-458

Ordovician

Early Ordovician 485-470

Cambrian

Furongian
Series 3
Series 2

497-485
509-497
521-509

Terreneuvian

541-521

Precambrian time
Era

Period

4600-541
Epoch

Dates (m.y.)