Geological time
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Index Fossil | show 🗑
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Permineralized Remains | show 🗑
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Molds and casts | show 🗑
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show | ossil or geologic event expressed in units of time, such as years. A good example is your birthday. You were born at a specific time on a specific day of the year.
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show | the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value.
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show | disintegration of a nucleus that occurs spontaneously or as a result of electron capture.
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Geologic time | show 🗑
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Eon | show 🗑
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Era | show 🗑
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Period | show 🗑
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Epoch | show 🗑
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the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.
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show | any marine arthropod of the extinct class Trilobita, from the Paleozoic Era, having a flattened, oval body varying in length from 1 inch (2.5 cm) or less to 2 feet (61 cm).
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Precambrian | show 🗑
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Mesozoic Era | show 🗑
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Cenozoic Era | show 🗑
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