Precambrian Phanerozoic Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic.

The Geologic ColumnDiscovery and Contents of the Cenozoic

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

CenozoicCenozoic

Named for

PlacesTribesCharacteristics

Quaternary

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Permian

Pennsylvanian

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Precambrian

Triassic

Lower Silurian Renamed

Ordovician

Silurian

Mississippian Pennsylvanian

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

Terrace Cretace

Cretaceous (later)

1795 1800 1822 1831 1834 1840s 1879

Ordovician

Silurian

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

Terrace Cretace

Cretaceous (later)

1795 1800 1822 1831 1834 1840s 1879

Precambrian

Evolution influential

Ordovician

Silurian

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

Terrace Cretace

Cretaceous (later)

1795 1800 1822 1831 1834 1840s 1879

Uniformitarianism

James Hutton Charles Lyell

Uniformitarianism

Charles Lyell

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

Ordovician

Silurian

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

Terrace Cretace

Cretaceous (later)

1795 1800 1822 1831 1834 1840s 1879

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs North American Land Mammal Ages

Important Terminology• Chronostratigraphic (layers)– Eonothem– Erathem– System– Series– Stage

• Geochronologic (time)– Eon– Era– Period– Epoch– Age

• Chronostratigraphic (layers)– Eonothem– Erathem– System– Series– Stage

Important Terminology

• Chronostratigraphic (layers)– Eonothem– Erathem– System– Series– Stage

Important Terminology

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

North American Land Mammal Ages

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s EpochsIrvingtonianIrvington, CA

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

BlancanMt. Blanco, TX

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

BarstovianBarstow Formation

Barstow, CA

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

WhitneyanWhitney, NE

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

BridgerianBridger Formation

Wyoming

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

Lyell’s Epochs

ClarksforkianClark’s Fork Basin, WY

Pleistocene

Pliocene

Miocene

Oligocene

Eocene

Paleocene

IrvingtonianIrvington, CA

Blancan Mt. Blanco, TX

BarstovianBarstow Formation

Barstow, CA

WhitneyanWhitney, NE

BridgerianBridger Formation

Wyoming

ClarksforkianClark’s Fork Basin, WY

Quaternary

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Pennsylvanian

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Precambrian

Quaternary

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Pennsylvanian

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Precambrian

Quaternary

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Pennsylvanian

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Precambrian

Quaternary

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Pennsylvanian

Mississippian

Devonian

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Precambrian

Summary1. The sequence of fossils in the geologic column is real,

observable data.

2. The evolutionary interpretation of the geologic column was added later.

The Geologic ColumnDoes It Show Evolution?

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