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THE LATELY TORTURED EARTH

by Alfred de Grazia


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TWO CHARTS OF TIME

1. An Unconventional Time Scale

See Table 6 in Solaria Binaria

2. A Conventional Time-Scale such as is found in numerous works.



Period & Epoch Years before Present (m/ y) Duration (m/ y) Biosphere Prominences
Quaternary (Holocene) 15,000 yrs. 15,000 yrs. see text below*
Quaternary (Pleistocene) 2 2  
Tertiary (Pliocene) 15 13  
Tertiary (Miocene) 28 13  
Tertiary (Eocene) 37 9  
Cretaceous 92 55  
Jurassic 119 27  
Triassic 142 23  
Permian 175 33  
Carboniferous 249 74  
Devonian 321 72  
Silurian 343 22  
Ordovician 400 57  
Cambrian 492 92  
Precambrian 2492 2000  

* In the Q mankind caps the prominent insect, mammal, fish, bird and angiosperm plants, presences, which meet the Cretaceous that, with the J, T, and P down into the Carboniferous. abounds in reptiles (dinosaurs), fish both bony and shark-like, brachiopods and ammonites, with conifers abundant. Then we move into ages rich in amphibians, shark-like fish, insects, tetracorals, and productids. The Ordovician and Cambrian favour nautiloids, graptolites, trilobites, and lingulella, while the Precambrian reveals bacteria and algae.

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