| 中文紀
| 英文名
| (大約距今年份)
|
| 第四紀
| Quaternary
| (100,000 - 現在)
|
| 第三紀
| Tertiary
| (1,800,000 - 65,000,000)
|
| 白堊紀
| Cretaceous
| (65,000,000 - 145,000,000)
|
| 侏羅紀
| Jurassic
| (145,000,000 - 208,000,000)
|
| 三疊紀
| Triassic
| (208,000,000 - 248,000,000)
|
| 二疊紀
| Permian
| (248,000,000 - 290,000,000)
|
| 石炭紀
| Carboniferous
| (290,000,000 - 360,000,000)
|
| 泥盆紀
| Devonian
| (360,000,000 - 410,000,000)
|
| 志留紀
| Silurian
| (410,000,000 - 438,000,000)
|
| 奧陶紀
| Ordovician
| (438,000,000 - 510,000,000)
|
| 寒武紀
| Cambrian
| (510,000,000 - 570,000,000)
|
| 震旦紀
| Sinian
| (570,000,000 - 800,000,000)
|
|