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| Produced 
        by the Population Genetics and Evolution class, Furman University | ||||
|  | Era | Period | Time 
          Interval |  | 
| "Precambrian" 4.5 bya -570 mya | Ediacaran |   
          630-542 mya  | ||
|  | PALEOZOIC | Cambrian | 542-488 
          mya |  | 
| Ordovician | 488-443 
          mya | |||
| Silurian | 443-416 
          mya | |||
| Devonian | 416-359 
          mya | |||
| Carboniferous | 359-299 
          mya | |||
| Permian | 299-251 
          mya | |||
|  | MESOZOIC | Triassic | 251-200 
          mya |  | 
| Jurassic | 200-145 
          mya | |||
| Cretaceous | 145-65 
          mya | |||
|  | CENOZOIC | Paleogene | 65-23 
          mya |  | 
| Neogene | 23 - present |