Geologic Time Scale Worksheet: Eons Year Range Before Today CM Before Today Eras Year Range Before Today CM Before Today
Geologic Time Scale Worksheet: Eons Year Range Before Today CM Before Today Eras Year Range Before Today CM Before Today
Geologic Time Scale Worksheet: Eons Year Range Before Today CM Before Today Eras Year Range Before Today CM Before Today
Use the tables below to label the Eons and Eras on the timeline. Name: ______________________________
Label these below the timeline and be sure to include:
Vertical line with the year.
Brackets to indicate beginning and end
Name of eon/era
See ‘Hadean Eon’ example below.
Hadean Eon
Phanerozoic Eon
Use the tables below to label the Periods of each Era on the
timeline. Label these above the timeline and be sure to include:
Vertical line
Name of period
See ‘Quaternary Period’ example below.
Quaternary Period
Today
Paleozoic Era
Years
Cm Before
Periods Before
Today Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era
Today
Cambrian 541 MYA 5.4 Years Years
Cm Before Cm Before
Ordovician 485 MYA 4.9 Periods Before Periods Before
Today Today
Silurian 444 MYA 4.4 Today Today
Devonian 419 MYA 4.2 Triassic 252 MYA 2.5 Paleogene 66 MYA 0.7
Carboniferous 359 MYA 3.6 Jurassic 201 MYA 2 Neogene 23 MYA 0.2
Permian 299 MYA 3 Cretaceous 145 MYA 1.5 Quaternary 3 MYA 0.03