#geological_period__period a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
supertype: #geological_time__geologic_time__geologictime the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
subtype: #ice_age any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
instance: #Quaternary_period #Tertiary_period #Cretaceous_period #Jurassic_period #Triassic_period #Permian_period #Carboniferous_period #Pennsylvanian_period #Missippian_period #Devonian_period #Silurian_period #Ordovician_period #Cambrian_period
part: #epoch
part of: #geological_era__era a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
part of: #aeon__eon the longest division of geological time; two or more eras
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