Condensed Graphical Timelines
The second and third timelines are each subsections of their preceding timeline as indicated by asterisks.
The Holocene, or "Recent" (the latest epoch) is too short to be shown clearly on this timeline to the right of the Pleistocene (P) epoch. Q stands for the Quaternary period.
Read more about this topic: Geologic Time Scale
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