Era Mptz

Mesoproterozoic

1600.0000 – 1000.0000 Ma

The Mesoproterozoic Era is a geologic era that occurred from 1,600 to 1,000 million years ago. The Mesoproterozoic was the first era of Earth's history for which a fairly definitive geological record survives. Continents existed during the preceding era, but little is known about them. The continental masses of the Mesoproterozoic were more or less the same ones that exist today, although their arrangement on the Earth's surface was different.

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Mesoproterozoic
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Parent interval
Proterozoic Eon
Sub-intervals 3
Calymmian Ca
1600.0000 – 1400.0000
Ectasian Ec
1400.0000 – 1200.0000
Stenian St
1200.0000 – 1000.0000