ERA PERIOD EPOCH

Date*
AGE
L
A
T
E

P
A
L
A
E
O
Z
O
I
C
C
A
R
B
O
N
I
F
E
R
O
U
S
D
I
N
A
N
T
I
A
N
S
I
L
E
S
I
A
N
STEPHANIAN
WESTPHALIAN
NAMURIAN
VISEAN
TOURNAISIAN
290
306
300
310
320
330
340
350
316
327
342
354
WESTPHALIAN D**
BOLSOVIAN (Westphalian C)**
DUCKMANTIAN (Westphalian B)**
LANGSETTIAN (Westphalian A)**
YEADONIAN**
MARSDENIAN**
KINDERSCOUTIAN**
ALPORTIAN**
CHOKIERIAN**
ARNSBERGIAN**
PENDLEIAN**
BRIGANTIAN**
ASBIAN**
HOLKERIAN**
ARUNDIAN**
CHADIAN**
COURCEYAN
*Series boundary dates (in millions of years before present) follow Gradstein and Ogg, 1996.
**Insufficient age information to be drawn to scale. NERC 2000