<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:65 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = justify
Colors =
id:phanerozoic value:rgb(0.435,0.85,0.866) id:cenozoic value:rgb(0.949,0.976,0.113) id:quaternary value:rgb(0.976,0.976,0.498) id:neogene value:rgb(1,0.901,0.098) id:paleogene value:rgb(0.992,0.603,0.321) id:mesozoic value:rgb(0.403,0.772,0.792) id:cretaceous value:rgb(0.498,0.776,0.306) id:jurassic value:rgb(0.203,0.698,0.788) id:triassic value:rgb(0.505,0.168,0.572) id:paleozoic value:rgb(0.6,0.752,0.552) id:permian value:rgb(0.941,0.25,0.156) id:carboniferous value:rgb(0.403,0.647,0.6) id:devonian value:rgb(0.796,0.549,0.215) id:silurian value:rgb(0.702,0.882,0.713) id:ordovician value:rgb(0,0.572,0.439) id:cambrian value:rgb(0.496,0.627,0.337) id:proterozoic value:rgb(0.968,0.207,0.388) id:neoproterozoic value:rgb(0.996,0.701,0.258) id:ediacaran value:rgb(0.996,0.85,0.415) id:cryogenian value:rgb(0.996,0.8,0.36) id:tonian value:rgb(0.996,0.75,0.305) id:mesoproterozoic value:rgb(0.996,0.705,0.384) id:stenian value:rgb(0.996,0.85,0.604) id:ectasian value:rgb(0.996,0.8,0.541) id:calymmian value:rgb(0.996,0.75,0.478) id:paleoproterozoic value:rgb(0.968,0.263,0.44) id:statherian value:rgb(0.968,0.459,0.655) id:orosirian value:rgb(0.968,0.408,0.596) id:rhyacian value:rgb(0.968,0.357,0.537) id:siderian value:rgb(0.968,0.306,0.478) id:archean value:rgb(0.996,0.157,0.498) id:neoarchean value:rgb(0.976,0.608,0.757) id:mesoarchean value:rgb(0.968,0.408,0.662) id:paleoarchean value:rgb(0.96,0.266,0.624) id:eoarchean value:rgb(0.902,0.114,0.549) id:hadean value:rgb(0.717,0,0.494) id:black value:black id:white value:white
Period = from:-4567 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-4500 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-4500
Define $markred = text:"*" textcolor:red shift:(0,3) fontsize:10
PlotData=
align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)
bar:eon
at: 0 align:right $markred at: -542 align:left $markred shift:(2,3) from: -542 till: 0 text:Phanerozoic color:phanerozoic from: -2500 till: -542 text:Proterozoic color:proterozoic from: -4000 till: -2500 text:Archean color:archean from: start till: -4000 text:Hadean color:hadean
bar:era
from: -65.5 till: 0 text:C color:cenozoic from: -251 till: -65.5 text:Meso color:mesozoic from: -542 till: -251 text:Paleozoic color:paleozoic from: -1000 till: -542 text:Neoproterozoic color:neoproterozoic from: -1600 till: -1000 text:Mesoproterozoic color:mesoproterozoic from: -2500 till: -1600 text:Paleoproterozoic color:paleoproterozoic from: -2800 till: -2500 text:Neoarch color:neoarchean from: -3200 till: -2800 text:Mesoarch color:mesoarchean from: -3600 till: -3200 text:Paleoarch color:paleoarchean from: -4000 till: -3600 text:Eoarchean color:eoarchean from: start till: -4000 color:white
bar:period
fontsize:6 from: -2.6 till: 0 color:quaternary from: -23.03 till: -2.6 color:neogene from: -65.5 till: -23.03 color:paleogene from: -145.5 till: -65.5 color:cretaceous from: -199.6 till: -145.5 color:jurassic from: -251 till: -199.6 color:triassic from: -299 till: -251 color:permian from: -359.2 till: -299 color:carboniferous from: -416 till: -359.2 color:devonian from: -443.7 till: -416 color:silurian from: -488.3 till: -443.7 color:ordovician from: -542 till: -488.3 color:cambrian
from: -635 till: -542 text:Ed. color:ediacaran from: -850 till: -635 text:Cryo color:cryogenian from: -1000 till: -850 text:Tonian color:tonian from: -1200 till: -1000 text:Stenian color:stenian from: -1400 till: -1200 text:Ectasian color:ectasian from: -1600 till: -1400 text:Calymm color:calymmian from: -1800 till: -1600 text:Stather color:statherian from: -2050 till: -1800 text:Orosirian color:orosirian from: -2300 till: -2050 text:Rhyacian color:rhyacian from: -2500 till: -2300 text:Siderian color:siderian from: start till: -2500 color:white
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