#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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