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The 89 pages that link to Geologic time scale, each with the reason it gives.

• PleistoceneNarrower topic: The Pleistocene is one named interval in this hierarchy.

• CretaceousNarrower topic: It locates the Cretaceous within Earth's broader chronology.

• MioceneNarrower topic: It places the Miocene within the hierarchy of geological time.

• EoceneNarrower topic: It places the Eocene within the Cenozoic and defines its boundaries.

• AnthropoceneNarrower topic: The Anthropocene debate tests how stratigraphic evidence can justify a new formal division of Earth history.

• PermianNarrower topic: The Permian is one named interval within this hierarchy.

• TriassicNarrower topic: It places the Triassic between the Permian and Jurassic within Earth's chronology.

• DevonianNarrower topic: The Devonian is one period within this larger chronology.

• CarboniferousNarrower topic: It locates the Carboniferous among the intervals used to organize Earth’s history.

• GeochronologyNarrower topic: Geochronological dates anchor the boundaries and durations of its divisions.

• MesozoicNarrower topic: It places the Mesozoic between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic.

• PaleozoicNarrower topic: It places the Paleozoic within the larger chronology of Earth history.

• CenozoicNarrower topic: The Cenozoic is one era within this larger chronology.

• ArcheanNarrower topic: The Archean is one eon in this framework, between the Hadean and Proterozoic.

• PlioceneNarrower topic: The Pliocene is one epoch within this hierarchy of geological time.

• JurassicNarrower topic: The Jurassic is one period within this hierarchy.

• SilurianNarrower topic: The Silurian is one period within this hierarchy.

• OligoceneNarrower topic: It locates the Oligocene among Earth’s formally named intervals.

• Sedimentary basinNarrower topic: Basin development and sediment accumulation are reconstructed across geologic time.

• PaleoceneNarrower topic: It places the Paleocene within the hierarchy of geological time.

• Early CretaceousNarrower topic: It defines the Early Cretaceous as a formal interval of Earth history.

• Late TriassicNarrower topic: It places the Late Triassic within the Mesozoic Era and Triassic Period.

• CambrianNarrower topic: The Cambrian is one named period within this hierarchy of geological time.

• PrecambrianNarrower topic: It places the Precambrian within the same framework as the Phanerozoic.

• International Commission on StratigraphyNarrower topic: The commission’s work concerns the internationally standardized version of this system.

• NeogeneNarrower topic: It situates the Neogene among periods, epochs, and larger divisions.

• OrdovicianNarrower topic: The Ordovician is one period in this nested chronology.

• K–Pg boundaryNarrower topic: The boundary’s age and placement anchor the transition between two geological periods.

• Index fossilNarrower topic: Index fossils help define and recognize intervals on this timescale.

• Relative datingNarrower topic: Relative dating underpins the ordering of the scale's major divisions.

• Early JurassicNarrower topic: It places this epoch within the standardized hierarchy of geological time.

• HadeanNarrower topic: The Hadean is the first eon in this hierarchy.

• PaleoproterozoicNarrower topic: It places the Paleoproterozoic among eons, eras, periods, and smaller intervals.

• Cretaceous–Paleogene boundaryNarrower topic: The boundary is a defined transition within this worldwide chronology.

• ProterozoicNarrower topic: The Proterozoic is one eon within this hierarchy of geological time.

• Young Earth creationismNarrower topic: Its millions-to-billions-of-years timeline is rejected by young-Earth interpretations.

• Earth scienceNarrower topic: It organizes the immense span that Earth science reconstructs from rocks and fossils.

• Global Boundary Stratotype Section and PointNarrower topic: GSSPs provide physical reference points for boundaries on this time scale.

• Early PermianNarrower topic: The epoch's dates and subdivisions belong to this standardized framework.

• NeoproterozoicNarrower topic: It places the Neoproterozoic between the Mesoproterozoic and Phanerozoic.

• North American land mammal ageNarrower topic: It provides the global framework against which regional mammal ages are correlated.

• Roderick MurchisonNarrower topic: The Silurian system became one of the divisions used to organize geological history.

• PaleoarcheanNarrower topic: Its formal boundaries place the Paleoarchean between the Eoarchean and Mesoarchean.

• Stratigraphic unitNarrower topic: Chronostratigraphic units relate rock bodies to this time framework.

• EoarcheanNarrower topic: It shows how the Eoarchean fits within Earth's larger chronology.

• History of EarthNarrower topic: Its divisions organize the sequence of geological and biological events.

• MesoproterozoicNarrower topic: It places the Mesoproterozoic between the Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic.

• MesoarcheanNarrower topic: It places the Mesoarchean within a hierarchy of eons, eras, periods, and epochs.

• NeoarcheanNarrower topic: The Neoarchean is one formally named interval in this hierarchy.

• Stratigraphic sectionNarrower topic: Dated sections help anchor local rock sequences within the broader chronology of Earth history.