Time since the end of the Ordovician geologic period

Time since the end of the Ordovician geologic period (444 million y)

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Time since the end of the Ordovician geologic period (444 million y)

  • is 2 x Galactic Year (period of rotation of the Milky Way galaxy) (225 million y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Break-up of Pangaea into today's continents (175 million y)...more
  • is 4000 x Time since the start of the last glacial period (Ice Age) (110,000 y)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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