2.6
0.13
0.8
1.8
Pleistocene
Quaternary
Holocene epoch
covers the last
11,500 years
Cambrian
Ordovician
Silurian
Devonian
Carboniferous
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Tertiary
540
500
440
420
360
300
250
200
145
65
2.6
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Division of geological periods
Million years ago
Holocene epoch covers the last 11,500 years
Pleistocene
0.13
0.8
1.8
2.6 million years ago
Million years ago
Present day
Quaternary
Division of geological periods from 540m years ago to the present