geologic time interval
C6731
concept
A geologic time interval is a span of Earth’s history defined by characteristic rock layers, fossil assemblages, and major geological or biological events, used to organize and correlate geological and paleontological data.
Aliases (12)
- chronostratigraphic stage ×3
- Paleozoic period ×2
- geochronologic age ×2
- geologic age ×2
- geologic epoch ×2
- Cenozoic climate transition ×1
- anthropogenic epoch ×1
- chronostratigraphic concept ×1
- geological time interval ×1
- proposed geological epoch ×1
- subdivision of the Jurassic Period ×1
- subdivision of the geologic time scale ×1
Instances (19)
- Early Devonian
- Pleistocene epoch ("subdivision of the geologic time scale")
- Early Jurassic ("geologic epoch")
- Anthropocene ("proposed geological epoch")
- Precambrian Supereon ("geological time interval")
- Carboniferous period ("Paleozoic period")
- Eocene–Oligocene climate transition ("Cenozoic climate transition")
- Late Jurassic ("geologic epoch")
- Maastrichtian ("geologic age")
- Greenlandian ("geochronologic age")
- Northgrippian ("geochronologic age")
- Ordovician Period ("Paleozoic period")
- Meghalayan ("geologic age")