Earth began formation about 4.54 billion years ago

✦ Supereon → Eon → Era → Period → Epoch → Age

  • PRECAMBRIAN SUPEREON (4.54 bya ~ 541 mya)

  • HADEAN EON (4.54 ~ 4.0 bya)

  • ARCHEAN EON (4 ~ 2.5 bya)
    • Eoarchean Era
    • Paleoarchean Era
    • Mesoarchean Era
    • Neoarchean Era

  • PROTEROZOIC EON (2.5 ~ 541 mya)
    • Paleoproterozoic Era
      • Siderian Period
      • Rhyacian Period
      • Orosirian Period
      • Statherian Period

    • Mesoproterozoic Era
      • Calymmian Period
      • Ectasian Period
      • Stenian Period

    • Neoproterozoic Era
      • Tonian Period
      • Cryogenian Period
      • Ediacaran Period

  • PHANEROZOIC EON (541 mya ~ present)
    • Paleozoic Era
      • Cambrian Period
      • Ordovician Period
      • Silurian Period
      • Devonian Period
      • Carboniferous Period
      • Permian Period

    • Mesozoic Era (252 ~ 66 mya)
      • Triassic Period
      • Jurassic Period
      • Cretaceous Period

    • Cenozoic Era (66 mya ~ present)
      • Paleogene Period
      • Neogene Period

      • Quaternary Period (2.58 mya ~ present)
        • Holocene Epoch
        • Greenlandian Age
        • Northgrippian Age
        • Meghalayan Age (4.2 tya ~ present)

Currently

  • PHANEROZOIC EON
      • CENOZOIC ERA
        • QUATERNARY PERIOD
          • HOLOCENE EPOCH
            • MEGHALAYAN AGE
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