Ediacaran Period: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Vendian Period

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A chart showing the Proterozoic eon on the geologic time scale, divided into Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, and Neoproterozoic eras with their respective periods and the millions of years ago each period began, ranging from 2,500 to about 539 million years ago.

Spriggina fossil

A detailed geologic time scale chart displaying Earth's history from the Hadean Eon over 4.5 billion years ago to the present, organized by eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages with color-coded columns and corresponding dates in millions of years.

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