Geologic time

Code

Type

Start
Time

End
Time

Description

Container Code

Recent

Age

0.01

0.00

Holocene

Holocene

Epoc
h

0.01

0.00

Quaternary

Perio
1.60
d

0.00

Cenozoic

Calabrian

Age

1.60

0.01

Pleistocene

Pleistocene

Epoc
h

1.60

0.01

Quaternary

Piacenzian

Age

3.40

1.60

This is a late
Pliocene Age

Pliocene

Zanclean

Age

5.30

3.40

This is an early
Pliocene Age

Pliocene

Pliocene

Epoc
h

5.30

1.60

Messinian

Age

6.50

5.30

This is a late
Miocene Age

Miocene

Tortonian

Age

11.20

6.50

This is a late
Miocene Age

Miocene

Serravallian

Age

15.10

11.20

This is a middle
Miocene Age

Miocene

Langhian

Age

16.60

15.10

This is a middle
Miocene Age

Miocene

Burdigalian

Age

21.80

16.60

This is an early
Miocene Age

Miocene

Neogene

Perio
23.70
d

1.60

Overlaps with the

Tertiary Period with a
Cenozoic
duration of 22.1m
years

Aquitanian

Age

23.70

21.80

This is an early
Miocene Age

Miocene

Epoc
h

23.70

5.30

Synonymous With
Recent Age

Quaternary

Tertiary

Miocene
Tertiary

Chattian

Age

30.00

23.70

This is a late
Oligocene Age

Oligocene

Rupelian

Age

36.60

30.00

This is an early
Oligocene Age

Oligocene

Oligocene

Epoc
h

36.60

23.70

Priabonian

Age

40.00

36.60

This is a late Eocene

Age

Eocene

Bartonian

Age

43.60

40.00

This is a late Eocene

Age

Eocene

Lutetian

Age

52.00

43.60

This is a middle
Eocene Age

Eocene

Ypresian

Age

57.80

52.00

This is an early
Eocene Age

Eocene

Eocene

Epoc
h

57.80

36.60

Tertiary

Tertiary

Thanetian

Age

60.60

This is a late
Paleocene Age which
57.80 overlaps with the
Paleocene
Selandian Age and
lasts 2.8m years

Selandian

Age

63.60

57.80

Cenozoic

Era

66.40

0.00

Tertiary

Perio
66.40
d

1.60

Paleogene

Perio
66.40
d

Overlaps with the

Tertiary Period with a
23.70
Cenozoic
duration of 42.7m
years

Danian

Age

66.40

63.60

Paleocene

Epoc
h

66.40

57.80

Tertiary

Maastrichtian

Age

74.50

66.40

Late_Cretaceous

Campanian

Age

84.00

74.50

Late_Cretaceous

Santonian

Age

87.50

84.00

Late_Cretaceous

Coniancian

Age

88.50

87.50

Late_Cretaceous

This is a late
Paleocene Age

Paleocene

Cenozoic

This is an early
Paleocene Age

Paleocene

Turonian

Age

91.00

88.50

Late_Cretaceous

Late_Cretaceous

Epoc
h

97.50

66.40

Cretaceous

Cenomanian

Age

97.50

91.00

Late_Cretaceous

Albian

Age

113.00

97.50

Early_Cretaceous

Aptian

Age

119.00

113.0
0

Early_Cretaceous

Barremian

Age

124.00

119.0
0

Also belongs to the

Neocomian Epoch

Early_Cretaceous

Hauterivian

Age

131.00

124.0 Also belongs to the

0
Neocomian Epoch

Early_Cretaceous

Valanginian

Age

138.00

131.0 Also belongs to the

0
Neocomian Epoch

Early_Cretaceous

Early_Cretaceous

Epoc
h

144.00 97.50

Cretaceous
Overlaps with the
Early_Cretaceous
Epoch with a
duration of 25m
years

Neocomian

Epoc
h

144.00

119.0
0

Berriasian

Age

144.00

138.0 Also belongs to the

0
Neocomian Epoch

Cretaceous

Perio
144.00 66.40
d

Tithonian

Age

152.00

144.0
0

Late_Jurassic

Kimmeridgian

Age

156.00

152.0
0

Late_Jurassic

Late_Jurassic

Epoc
h

163.00

144.0
0

Jurassic

Oxfordian

Age

163.00

156.0
0

Late_Jurassic

Callovian

Age

169.00

163.0
0

Middle_Jurassic

Bathonian

Age

176.00

169.0
0

Middle_Jurassic

Bajocian

Age

183.00

176.0
0

Middle_Jurassic

Cretaceous

Early_Cretaceous
Mesozoic

Middle_Jurassic

Epoc
h

187.00

163.0
0

Jurassic

Aalenian

Age

187.00

183.0
0

Middle_Jurassic

Toarcian

Age

193.00

187.0
0

Early_Jurassic

Pliensbachian

Age

198.00

193.0
0

Early_Jurassic

Sinemurian

Age

204.00

198.0
0

Early_Jurassic

Hettangian

Age

208.00

204.0
0

Early_Jurassic

Early_Jurassic

Epoc
h

208.00

187.0
0

Jurassic

Jurassic

Perio
144.0
208.00
d
0

Norian

Age

225.00

208.0
0

Late_Triassic

Carnian

Age

230.00

225.0
0

Late_Triassic

Late_Triassic

Epoc
h

230.00

208.0
0

Triassic

Ladinian

Age

235.00

230.0
0

Middle_Triassic

Anisian

Age

240.00

235.0
0

Middle_Triassic

Middle_Triassic

Epoc
h

240.00

230.0
0

Triassic

Mesozoic

Era

245.00 66.40

Scythian

Age

245.00

Triassic

Perio
208.0
245.00
d
0

Mesozoic

Early_Triassic

Epoc
h

245.00

240.0
0

Triassic

Tatarian

Age

253.00

245.0
0

Late_Permian

240.0
0

Mesozoic

Early_Triassic

Ufimian

Age

258.00

253.0 Synonymous with

0
Kazanian Age

Late_Permian

Kazanian

Age

258.00

253.0 Synonymous with

0
Ufimian Age

Late_Permian

Late_Permian

Epoc
h

258.00

245.0
0

Permian

Kungurian

Age

263.00

258.0
0

Early_Permian

Artinskian

Age

268.00

263.0
0

Early_Permian

Asselian

Age

286.00

268.0 Synonymous with

0
Sakmarian Age

Early_Permian

Sakmarian

Age

286.00

268.0 Synonymous with

0
Asselian Age

Early_Permian

Permian

Perio
245.0
286.00
d
0

Paleozoic

Early_Permian

Epoc
h

286.00

258.0
0

Permian

Kasimovian

Age

296.00

286.0 Synonymous with

0
Gzelian Age

Late_Carboniferous

Gzelian

Age

296.00

286.0 Synonymous with

0
Kasimovian Age

Late_Carboniferous

Moscovian

Age

305.00

296.0
0

Late_Carboniferous

Late_Carboniferous

Epoc
h

320.00

286.0
0

Carboniferous

Bashkirian

Age

320.00

305.0
0

Late_Carboniferous

Pennsylvanian

Overlaps with the

Perio
286.0
330.00
Late_Carboniferous
d
0
Epoch

Serpukhovian

Age

333.00

320.0
0

Early_Carboniferou
s

Visean

Age

352.00

333.0
0

Early_Carboniferou
s

Early_Carboniferou Epoc
s
h

360.00

320.0
0

Carboniferous

Tournaisian

360.00 352.0

Age

Paleozoic

Early_Carboniferou

Carboniferous

Perio
286.0
360.00
d
0

Mississippian

Overlaps with the

Perio
330.0
360.00
Early_Carboniferous Paleozoic
d
0
Epoch

Famennian

Age

367.00

360.0
0

Late_Devonian

Late_Devonian

Epoc
h

374.00

360.0
0

Devonian

Frasnian

Age

374.00

367.0
0

Late_Devonian

Givetian

Age

380.00

374.0
0

Middle_Devonian

Middle_Devonian

Epoc
h

387.00

374.0
0

Devonian

Eifelian

Age

387.00

380.0
0

Middle_Devonian

Emsian

Age

394.00

387.0
0

Early_Devonian

Siegenian

Age

401.00

394.0
0

Early_Devonian

Early_Devonian

Epoc
h

408.00

387.0
0

Devonian

Gedinnian

Age

408.00

401.0
0

Early_Devonian

Devonian

Perio
360.0
408.00
d
0

Pridolian

Age

414.00

408.0
0

Late_Silurian

Ludlovian

Age

421.00

414.0
0

Late_Silurian

Late_Silurian

Epoc
h

421.00

408.0
0

Silurian

Wenlockian

Age

428.00

421.0
0

Early_Silurian

Llandoverian

Age

438.00

428.0
0

Early_Silurian

Paleozoic

Paleozoic

Silurian

Perio
408.0
438.00
d
0

Paleozoic

Early_Silurian

Epoc
h

438.00

421.0
0

Silurian

Ashgillian

Age

448.00

438.0
0

Late_Ordovician

Caradocian

Age

458.00

448.0
0

Late_Ordovician

Late_Ordovician

Epoc
h

458.00

438.0
0

Ordovician

Llandeleian

Age

468.00

458.0
0

Middle_Ordovician

Llanvirnian

Age

478.00

468.0
0

Middle_Ordovician

Middle_Ordovician

Epoc
h

478.00

458.0
0

Ordovician

Arenigian

Age

488.00

478.0
0

Early_Ordovician

Tremadocian

Age

505.00

488.0
0

Early_Ordovician

Early_Ordovician

Epoc
h

505.00

478.0
0

Ordovician

Ordovician

Perio
438.0
505.00
d
0

Paleozoic

Late_Cambrian

Epoc
h

523.00

Cambrian

Trempealeauan

Age

Synonymous or
505.0 shares same epoch
523.00
0
with Franconian and
Dresbachian

Middle_Cambrian

Epoc
h

540.00

523.0
0

Paleozoic

Era

570.00

245.0
0

Early_Cambrian

Epoc
h

570.00

540.0
0

Cambrian

Cambrian

Perio
505.0
570.00
d
0

Paleozoic

505.0
0

Late_Cambrian

Cambrian

Precambrian

Era

5000.0 570.0
0
0