Click on a Period to find out more. Dates are in millions of years before present.
Cenozoic Era (66 – 0 million years ago) |
Quaternary (2.6 to present) | |
Neogene (23 – 2.6) | ||
Palaeogene (66 – 23) | ||
Mesozoic Era (252 – 66 million years ago) |
Cretaceous (145 – 66) | |
Jurassic (201 – 145) | ||
Triassic (252- 201) | ||
Palaeozoic Era (541 – 252 million years ago) |
Permian (299 – 252) | |
Carboniferous (359 – 299) | ||
Devonian (419 – 359) | ||
Silurian (444 – 419) | ||
Ordovician (485-444) | ||
Cambrian (541 – 485) | ||
Precambrian (4,560 – 541 million years ago) |