顕生代

Phanerozoic:5億4100万年前〜現在の地質学的時間−肉眼で見える多細胞生物の出現から生命進化の期間

古生代 - Paleozoic

劇的に最も急速で広範な多様化を遂げる生物

中生代 - Mesozoic

地上の全てを支配する恐竜の発展と終焉の謎

新生代 - Cenozoic

大幅な多様化した哺乳類と鳥類の繁栄の時代

According to the schedule prepared at the ICS meeting in Leuven, Belgium. GSSP completion time-line. September. 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
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地質学的時間

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