| Eon |
Era |
Period |
Epoch |
Length in Years |
|
Phanerozoic |
Cenozoic |
Quaternary |
Holocene |
0 - 11.700 |
| Late Pleistocene |
11.260 - 11.700 |
| Middle Pleistocene |
0,3 - 0,8 Mio. |
| Early Pleistocene |
0,8 - 1,8 Mio. |
| Gelasium |
1,8 - 2,6 Mio. |
|
Tertiary |
Neogene |
Pliocene |
2,6 - 5,3 Mio. |
|
Miocene |
5,3 - 23 Mio. |
|
Palaeogene |
Oligocene |
23 - 34 Mio. |
|
Eocene |
34 - 56 Mio. |
|
Palaeocene |
56 - 66 Mio. |
|
Mesozoic |
Cretaceous |
Late Cretaceous |
66 - 140 Mio. |
| Early Cretaceous |
|
Jurassic |
Late Jurassic (Malm) |
140 - 210 Mio. |
|
Middle Jurassic (Dogger) |
|
Early Jurassic (Lias) |
|
Triassic |
Late Triassic (Keuper) |
210 - 250 Mio. |
|
Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) |
|
Early Triassic (Buntsandstein) |
|
Palaeozoic |
Permian |
Late Permian (Zechstein) |
250 - 290 Mio. |
|
Early Permian (Rotliegendes) |
|
Carboniferous |
Late Carboniferous |
290 - 360 Mio. |
| Early Carboniferous |
|
Devonian |
Late Devonian |
360 - 410 Mio. |
| Early Devonian |
|
Silurian |
Late Silurian |
410 - 440 Mio. |
| Early Silurian |
|
Ordovician |
Late Ordovician |
440 - 500 Mio. |
| Middle Ordovician |
| Early Ordovician |
|
Cambrium |
Late Cambrian |
500 - 590 Mio. |
| Middle Cambrian |
| Early Cambrian |
|
Precambrian |
Proterozoic |
|
590 Mio. - 2,5 Bio. |
|
Archaicum |
|
2,5 - 4,6 Bio. |