Geological time scale

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chronological framework
gptkbp:basisFor fossil specimen
radiometric dating
gptkbp:CenozoicPeriods gptkb:Neogene
Quaternary
Paleogene
gptkbp:composedOf eras
periods
ages
eons
epochs
gptkbp:currentEon gptkb:Phanerozoic
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy
gptkbp:developedBy 19th century
gptkbp:dividedInto Earth's history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geological time scale
gptkbp:majorBoundary gptkb:Permian-Triassic
Cretaceous-Paleogene
Precambrian-Cambrian
gptkbp:MesozoicPeriods Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
gptkbp:oldestEon gptkb:Hadean
gptkbp:PaleozoicPeriods gptkb:Permian
gptkb:Cambrian
gptkb:Devonian
gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkb:Silurian
gptkb:Ordovician
gptkbp:PhanerozoicEras Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
gptkbp:purpose to organize Earth's history
gptkbp:relatedTo Earth sciences
paleobiology
stratigraphy
gptkbp:represents chronostratigraphic chart
gptkbp:usedFor understanding evolution
dating rocks
dating fossils
studying mass extinctions
gptkbp:usedIn geology
paleontology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hadean_eon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7