Earth's Recent Geological Time Scale (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Earth's Recent Geological Time Scale

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The time scale shows the expanse of time between the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and the less severe mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

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Nan Fitzpatrick, UW-Milwaukee

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