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| The four BIG EONS (all the eras fit into them) |
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| Hadean, Archaean, Proterozoic, Phanerozoic |
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| All eons BEFORE THE PHANEROZOIC are also called the... |
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| The three eras of the Phanerozoic eon |
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| Paleozoic ("trilobite time"), Mesozoic ("dinosaur time"), Cenozoic ("whale time") |
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| Periods of the Paleozoic era... |
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| Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian |
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| The periods of the Mesozoic era... |
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| Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous |
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| Periods of the Cenozoic era... |
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| Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary |
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| Epochs of the Paleogene period... |
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| Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene |
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| Epochs of the Neogene period... |
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| Periods, epochs, eons, eras... What's the CORRECT ORDER? |
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| Which era and period saw the flourishing of complex multi-cellular organismal communities? |
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| The Paleozoic, specifically the Cambrian |
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| In which eon, era, period, and epoch do we live? |
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| Phanerozoic eon, Cenozoic era,Quaternary Period, Holocene Epoch |
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| Epochs of the Quaternary period... |
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| In which epoch did Earth experience the recent ice ages? |
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| Dinosaurs went extinct at the end of this period |
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| Mammals came on the scene during this era... |
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| The very tail end of the Proterozoic Eon |
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