EARTH SCIENCE |
Platte Canyon High
School |
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GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE Tertiary after Harland et al., 1982 |
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Period | Epoch | Age | Ma age | Comments |
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Tertiary
(Neogene) |
Pliocene | Piacenzian | ||
Zanclian | 5.1 | |||
Miocene | Messinian | |||
Tortonian | ||||
Serravallian | ||||
Langhian (late) | 14.4 | |||
Langhian (early) | ||||
Burdigalian | ||||
Aquitanian | 24.6 | |||
Tertiary
(Paleogene) |
Oligocene | Chattian | 32.8 | |
Rupelian | 38 | |||
Eocene | Priabonian | 42 | ||
Bartonian | ||||
Lutetian | 50.5 | |||
Ypresian | 54.9 | |||
Paleocene | Thanetian | 60.2 | ||
Danian | 65 |
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