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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
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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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