Template talk:Geological history of Earth

Official Colors?

Should we adapt the official colors from the International Commission of stratigraphy? You can put your comment below, yes or no and/or reason for yes and no. 24.218.110.195 (talk) 21:48 08 April 2013 (UTC) 5:48pm 04/08/2013 EDT.

No, I think not: it looks good as it is. On a screen (as opposed to a wallchart) it's best not to get too fancy. Thank you very much for doing the work! Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:08, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Here is what it'll look like with official colors. It is very similar the ones on English Wikipedia. I show it below my comment. And for here I autocollapse the table 24.218.110.195 (talk) 3:00 16 April 2013 (UTC) 11:00pm 04/15/2013 EDT.

No. The colours distract attention from where it should be, the text, to the chart. Charts should not dominate the page. It's time to leave this alone and move on. Macdonald-ross (talk) 04:40, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I see that the color template Template:Period color was suppose to be for colors of geology (geologic time) articles. It contains the colors (code) for every geologic time including stages such as Phanerozoic ,Kimmeridgian ,Precambrian ,Cenozoic ,Tonian, Lopingian and much more. Right now no geology articles or geology templates use this excluding talk pages. In fact no articles use this template at all. 24.218.110.195 (talk) 13:14 16 April 2013 (UTC) 9:14am 04/16/2013 EDT.

NOTE:The small collapsed tables will only be seen properly if all are shown or not. 24.218.110.195 (talk) 0:38 28 April 2013 (UTC) 8:38pm 04/28/2013 EDT.

Precambrian
Supereon	Eon	Era	Start Billion years ago
Precambrian	Proterozoic	Palaeoproterozoic	2.5
	Archaean	Neoarchaean	2.8
		Mesoarchaean	3.2
		Palaeoarchaean	3.6
		Eoarchaean	4
	Hadean		4.567

Phanerozoic
Eon	Era	Period		Start Million years ago
Phanerozoic	Cainozoic	Quaternary		2.588
		Tertiary	Neogene	23.03
			Palaeogene	66
	Mesozoic	Cretaceous		145
		Jurassic		201.3
		Triassic		252.17
	Palaeozoic	Permian		298.9
		Carboniferous		358.9
		Devonian		419.2
		Silurian		443.4
		Ordovician		485.4
		Cambrian		541
Proterozoic	Neoproterozoic	Ediacaran		635

Geologic time
Supereon	Eon	Era	Period/Age4,5		Epoch	Major Events	Years Ago3,6
	Phanerozoic	Cainozoic	Quaternary		Holocene		11,700
					Pleistocene	First ice age the Cainozoic. Ice and Glaciers spread all over the poles.	2.588 million
			Tertiary	Neogene	Pliocene		5.333 million
					Miocene		23.03 million
				Palaeogene	Oligocene		33.9 million
					Eocene		56 million
					Palaeocene		66 million
		Mesozoic	Cretaceous		Upper Cretaceous		100.5 million
					Lower Cretaceous		145 million
			Jurassic		Upper Jurassic		163.5 million
					Middle Jurassic		174.1 million
					Lower Jurassic		201.3 million
			Triassic		Upper Triassic		237 million
					Middle Triassic		247.2 million
					Lower Triassic		252.17 million
		Palaeozoic	Permian				298.9 million
			Carboniferous		Pennsylvanian		323.2 million
					Mississippian		358.9 million
			Devonian				419.2 million
			Silurian				443.4 million
			Ordovician				485.4 million
			Cambrian				541 million
Precambrian	Proterozoic	Neoproterozoic2	Ediacaran				635 million
			Cryogenian				850 million
			Tonian				1,000 million
		Mesoproterozoic	Stenian				1,200 million
			Ectasian				1,400 million
			Calymmian				1,600 million
		Palaeoproterozoic	Statherian				1,800 million
			Orosirian				2,050 million
			Rhyacian				2,300 million
			Siderian				2,500 million
	Archaean	Neoarchaean					2,800 million
		Mesoarchaean					3,200 million
		Palaeoarchaean					3,600 million
		Eoarchaean					4,000 million
	Hadean						4,567 million
In North America, the Carboniferous is subdivided into Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sub-periods or epochs. Discoveries in the past quarter century have substantially changed the view of geologic and paleontologic events just before the Cambrian. The term Neoproterozoic is used now, but older writers might have used 'Ediacaran', 'Vendian', 'Varangian', 'Precambrian', 'Protocambrian', 'Eocambrian', or might have extended the Cambrian further back in time. Dates are slightly uncertain, and differences of a few percent between sources are common. This is because deposits suitable for radiometric dating seldom occur exactly at the places in the geologic column where we would most like to have them. Dates with an * are radiometrically determined based on internationally agreed GSSPs. Paleontologists often refer to faunal stages rather than geologic periods. The faunal stage nomenclature is quite complex. See http://flatpebble.nceas.ucsb.edu/public/harland.html for an excellent time ordered list of faunal stages. In common usage the Tertiary-Quaternary and Palaeogene-Neogene-Quaternary are treated as periods. The term 'age' (e.g. 'Neogene Age') is sometimes used instead of 'period'. The time shown in the "Years Ago" column is that of the start of the Epoch in the "Epoch" column.

Source

International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013. International Commission on Stratigraphy, retrieved 8 April 2013. Divisions of geologic time – major chronostratigraphic and geochronologic units USGS, retrieved 8 April 2013.