Earth: 4.6 billion years of development

Earth: 4.6 billion years of developmentEarth: 4.6 billion years of development. Explore the hierarchy of geological time from the Hadean to the present, with context on oceans, life and changing ecosystems.

Hadean

Precambrian

Archean

Eoarchean

Paleoarchean

Mesoarchean

Neoarchean

Paleoproterozoic

Proterozoic

Siderian

Rhyacian

Orosirian

Statherian

Calymmian

Mesoproterozoic

Ectasian

Stenian

Neoproterozoic

Tonian

Cryogenian

Ediacaran

Cambrian

Paleozoic

Phanerozoic

Terreneuvian

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Miaolingian

Furongian

Early Ordovician

Ordovician

Middle Ordovician

Late Ordovician

Llandovery

Silurian

Wenlock

Ludlow

Devonian

Early Devonian

Middle Devonian

Late Devonian

Carboniferous

Early Mississippian

Mississippian

Middle Mississippian

Late Mississippian

Early Pennsylvanian

Pennsylvanian

Middle Pennsylvanian

Late Pennsylvanian

Cisuralian

Permian

Guadalupian

Lopingian

Early Triassic

Mesozoic

Triassic

Middle Triassic

Late Triassic

Early Jurassic

Jurassic

Middle Jurassic

Late Jurassic

Cretaceous

Early Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

Cenozoic

Paleocene

Paleogene

Eocene

Oligocene

Miocene

Neogene

Pliocene

Pleistocene

Quaternary

Holocene

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