<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:65 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

 id:epoch  value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # light blue
 id:period value:rgb(1,0.7,0.7) # light red
 id:era    value:rgb(1,1,0.7)   # light yellow
 id:eon    value:rgb(1,0.7,1)   # light purple
 id:black  value:black

Period = from:-4567.17 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-4500 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-4500

Define $markred = text:"*" textcolor:red shift:(0,3) fontsize:10

PlotData=

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)

 bar:eon color:eon

 at:      0   align:right  $markred
 at:   -542   align:left   $markred
 from: -542   till:    0   text:Phanerozoic
 from:-2500   till: -542   text:Proterozoic
 from:-3800   till: -2500  text:Archaean
 from: start  till: -3800  text:Hadean

 bar:era color:era

 from:  -65.5 till:    0   text:C~z shift:(0,1.5)
 from: -251 till:  -65.5 text:Meso~zoic shift:(0,1.5)
 from: -542   till: -251 text:Paleo~zoic shift:(0,1.5)
 from: -1000  till:  -542  text:Neoprote-~rozoic shift:(0,1.8)
 from:-1600   till:  -1000  text:Mesoproterozoic
 from:-2500   till: -1600  text:Paleoproterozoic
 from:-2800   till: -2500  text:Neo-~archean shift:(0,1.5)
 from:-3200   till: -2800  text:Meso-~archean shift:(0,1.5)
 from:-3600   till: -3200  text:Paleo-~archean shift:(0,1.5)
 fontsize:7
 from:-3800   till: -3600  text:Eo-~arch-~ean shift:(0,2)
 from:start   till: -3800  

 bar:period color:period

 fontsize:6
 from:   -23.03 till:    0
 from:  -65.5 till:   -23.03
 from: -145.5   till:  -65.5
 from: -199.6   till: -145.5
 from: -251   till: -199.6
 from: -299   till: -251
 from: -359.2   till: -299
 from: -416 till: -359.2
 from: -443.7 till: -416
 from: -488.3   till: -443.7
 from: -542   till: -488.3

 from: -630   till:  -542  text:Ed. 
 from: -850   till:  -630  text:Cryo-~genian
 from: -1000  till:  -850  text:Ton-~ian
 from: -1200  till:  -1000 text:Sten-~nian 
 from: -1400  till:  -1200 text:Ect-~asian 
 from: -1600  till:  -1400 text:Calym-~mian 
 from: -1800  till:  -1600 text:Stath-~erian 
 from: -2050  till:  -1800 text:Oro-~sirian 
 from: -2300  till:  -2050 text:Rhy-~acian
 from: -2500  till:  -2300 text:Sid-~erian 
 from: start  till:  -2500

</timeline>

<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:65 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

 id:epoch  value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # light blue
 id:period value:rgb(1,0.7,0.7) # light red
 id:era    value:rgb(1,1,0.7)   # light yellow
 id:eon    value:rgb(1,0.7,1)   # light purple
 id:filler value:gray(0.8)      # background bar
 id:black  value:black

Period = from:-542 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:100 start:-500 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:10 start:-540

Define $markred = text:"*" textcolor:red shift:(0,3) fontsize:10 Define $markgreen = text:"*" textcolor:green shift:(0,3) fontsize:10

PlotData=

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)

 bar:eon color:eon
 at:      0   align:right  $markred
 at:   -542   align:left   $markred
 from: -542   till:    0   text:Phanerozoic
 bar:era color:era
 at:      0   align:right  $markgreen
 at:    -65.5 align:left   $markgreen
 from:  -65.5 till:    0   text:Cenozoic
 from: -251   till:  -65.5 text:Mesozoic
 from: -542   till: -251   text:Paleozoic

 bar:period color:period fontsize:8
 from: -23.03    till:  0     text:Neo-~gene shift:(0,0.5)
 from: -65.5  till:  -23.03   text:Paleo-~gene shift:(0,0.5)
 from: -145.5   till:  -65.5 text:Cretaceous
 from: -199.6   till: -145.5   text:Jurassic
 from: -251   till: -199.6   text:Triassic
 from: -299   till: -251   text:Permian
 from: -359.2   till: -299   text:Carboniferous
 from: -416 till: -359.2   text:Devonian
 from: -443.7 till: -416 text:Sil-~urian shift:(0,0.5);
 from: -488.3   till: -443.7 text:Ordovician
 from: -542   till: -488.3   text:Cambrian

</timeline>

<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:65 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = justify

Colors =

 id:epoch  value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) # light blue
 id:period value:rgb(1,0.7,0.7) # light red
 id:era    value:rgb(1,1,0.7)   # light yellow
 id:eon    value:rgb(1,0.7,1)   # light purple
 id:black  value:black

Period = from:-65.5 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:-60 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:-65

Define $markgreen = text:"*" textcolor:green shift:(0,3) fontsize:10

PlotData=

 align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)

 bar:era color:era
 at:     0  align:right $markgreen
 at: start  align:left  $markgreen
 from:start  till:  0    text:Cenozoic

 bar:period color:period
 from: -23.03   till:  0   text:Neogene
 from:start  till: -23.03   text:Paleogene

 bar:epoch color:epoch
 from: -0.1  till:  0
 from: -1.806  till: -0.1  text:P
 from: -5.332    till: -1.806  text:Plio-~cene shift:(0,1) fontsize:6
 from:-23.03    till: -5.332    text:Miocene
 from:-33.9    till:-23.03    text:Oligocene
 from:-55.8    till:-33.9    text:Eocene
 from:start  till:-55.8    text:Paleocene

</timeline>