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id:paleogene value:rgb(1,0.7019,0)
id:cretaceous value:rgb(0.5,0.764,0.1098)
id:jurassic value:rgb(0.302,0.706,0.5)
id:triassic value:rgb(0.403,0.765,0.716)
id:permian value:rgb(0.404,0.776,0.867)
id:carboniferous value:rgb(0.6,0.741,0.855)
id:devonian value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.788)
id:silurian value:rgb(0.694,0.447,0.714)
id:ordovician value:rgb(0.976,0.506,0.651)
id:cambrian value:rgb(0.984,0.5,0.373)
id:neoproterozoic value:rgb(0.792,0.647,0.583)
id:mesoproterozoic value:rgb(0.867,0.761,0.533)
id:paleoproterozoic value:rgb(0.702,0.698,0.369)
id:eoarchean value:rgb(0.5,0.565,0.565)
id:paleoarchean value:rgb(0.6,0.592,0.569)
id:mesoarchean value:rgb(0.698,0.65,0.6)
id:neoarchean value:rgb(0.796,0.804,0.784)
id:ediacaran value:rgb(0.918,0.847,0.737)
id:cryogenian value:rgb(0.863,0.671,0.667)
id:tonian value:rgb(0.796,0.643,0.424)
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id:calymmian value:rgb(1,1,0.8) # light yellow
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id:rhyacian value:rgb(1,1,0.8) # light yellow
id:siderian value:rgb(1,1,0.8) # light yellow
id:ectasian value:rgb(1,1,0.8) # light yellow
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id:archean value:rgb(0.6,0.6784,0.6745)
id:hadean value:rgb(0.4,0.4,0.4)
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id:white value:white  
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bar:supereon  
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bar:eon  
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at: -542 align: $markred shift:(2,3)
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from: start till: -3800 text:Hadean color:hadean  
bar:era  
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from:-3200 till: -2800 text:Meso-~archean shift:(0,1.5) color:mesoarchean
from:-3600 till: -3200 text:Paleo-~archean shift:(0,1.5) color:paleoarchean
from:-3800 till: -3600 text:Eoar-~chean shift:(0,0.5) color:eoarchean fontsize:6
from:start till: -3800 color:white  
bar:period  
fontsize:6
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from: -199.6 till: -145.5 color:jurassic
from: -251 till: -199.6 color:triassic
from: -299 till: -251 color:permian
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from: -416 till: -359.2 color:devonian
from: -443.7 till: -416 color:silurian
from: -488.3 till: -443.7 color:ordovician
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from: -1000 till: -850 text:Ton-~ian color:tonian shift:(0,0.5)
from: -1200 till: -1000 text:Ste-~nian color:mesoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -1400 till: -1200 text:Ect-~asian color:mesoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -1600 till: -1400 text:Calym-~mian color:mesoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -1800 till: -1600 text:Stath-~erian color:paleoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -2050 till: -1800 text:Oro-~sirian color:paleoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -2300 till: -2050 text:Rhy-~acian color:paleoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: -2500 till: -2300 text:Sid-~erian color:paleoproterozoic shift:(0,0.5)
from: start till: -2500 color:white
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id:phanerozoic value:rgb(0.7019,0.886,0.819)
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id:white value:white
id:darkgreen value:rgb(0,0.35,0)  
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Define $markred = text:"*" textcolor:red shift:(0,3) fontsize:10
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bar:eon
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at: -542 align: $markred shift:(2,3)
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bar:era
at: 0 align: $markgreen
at: -65.5 align: $markgreen shift:(2,3)
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from: -65.5 till: -23.03 text:Paleo-~gene shift:(0,0.5) color:paleogene
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PlotArea = :65 :15 bottom:20 top:5
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id:paleocene value:rgb(0.92,0.576,0.005)
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id:white value:white
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bar:era
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bar:period
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from:start till: -23.03 text:Paleogene color:paleogene  
bar:epoch
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