Geologic Time Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Eon that spans the last 540 MY?
A
Phanerozoic Eon.
2
Q
What three Eras are found in the Phanerozoic Eon?
A
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic.
3
Q
What periods are in the Paleozoic?
A
Permian, Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian, Mississippian), Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian.
4
Q
What periods are in the Mesozoic?
A
Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic.
5
Q
What periods are in the Cenozoic?
A
(Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Olgiocene, Eocene, Paleocene,) Neogene, Paleogene.
6
Q
What Eons are found in the PreCambrian Period?
A
Proterozoic, Archean, Hadean.
