#geological_time__geologic_time__geologictime the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
supertype: time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
subtype: aeon__eon the longest division of geological time; two or more eras
subtype: geological_period__period a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
subtype: ice_age__iceage__glacial_period__glacialperiod__glacial_epoch any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
instance: Quaternary_period__Quaternary__Age_of_Man Tertiary_period__Tertiary Cretaceous_period__Cretaceous Jurassic_period__Jurassic Triassic_period__Triassic Permian_period__Permian Carboniferous_period__Carboniferous Pennsylvanian_period__Pennsylvanian__Upper_Carboniferous__Upper_Carboniferous_period Missippian_period__Mississippian__Lower_Carboniferous__Lower_Carboniferous_period Devonian_period__Devonian__Age_of_Fishes Silurian_period__Silurian Ordovician_period__Ordovician Cambrian_period__Cambrian
subtype: geological_era__era a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
instance: Cenozoic_era__Cenozoic__Age_of_Mammals Mesozoic_era__Mesozoic__Age_of_Reptiles Paleozoic_era__Paleozoic Precambrian_period__Precambrian Proterozoic__Preoterozoic_era Archean_era__Archean__Archeozoic__Archaeozoic__Archeozoic_era__Archaeozoic_era
subtype: epoch a unit of geological time
instance: Holocene_epoch__Holocene__Recent_epoch Pleistocene_epoch__Pleistocene__Glacial_epoch Pliocene_epoch__Pliocene Miocene_epoch__Miocene Oligocene_epoch__Oligocene Eocene_epoch__Eocene Paleocene_epoch__Paleocene
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