GEOLOGICAL TIME-SCALE - Diagrammatic – NOT to scale |
SHOWING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE ALBIAN STAGE |
MESOZOIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS - ALBIAN |
(Note: Age shown in millions of years – at base of each Period / Stage) |
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|
ERA |
Age m.y. |
PERIOD |
EPOCH |
Age m.y. |
STAGE |
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CAENOZOIC |
1.6 |
QUATERNARY |
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6.3 |
PLIOCENE |
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24 |
MIOCENE |
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37 |
OLIGOCENE |
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UPPER |
74.5 |
MAASTRICHTIAN |
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58 |
EOCENE |
84.0 |
CAMPANIAN |
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66 |
PALAEOCENE |
87.5 |
SANTONIAN |
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88.5 |
CONIACIAN |
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MESOZOIC |
144 |
CRETACEOUS |
91 |
TURONIAN |
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97.5 |
CENOMANIAN |
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LOWER |
113 |
ALBIAN** (15.5 million years duration) |
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213 |
JURASSIC |
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119 |
APTIAN |
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124 |
BARREMIAN |
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248 |
TRIASSIC |
131 |
HAUTERIVIAN |
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138 |
VALANGINIAN |
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144 |
BERRIASIAN |
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PALAEOZOIC |
286 |
PERMIAN |
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354 |
CARBONIFEROUS |
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412 |
DEVONIAN |
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435 |
SILURIAN |
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492 |
ORDOVICIAN |
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570 |
CAMBRIAN |
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PROTEROZOIC |
4500 |
PRECAMBRIAN |
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ARCHAEAN |