Template:Ma

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[edit] Geological timescale template

[edit] Usage

Use the format {{Ma|Years_ago|Suffix}} or {{mya|Years_ago|Suffix}}.

Years_ago can take a number (don't include commas, which are added automatically), or a period name, in which case it will return the date the period started.

Suffix is optional and defaults to "million years ago".

[edit] Examples

  • {{mya|65|mya}}
gives

65 mya

  • {{mya|Cambrian|MA}}
gives

542 MA

  • {{Ma|250}}
gives

250 million years ago

[edit] Rationale

With geological time, it is often genuinely useful for the lay reader, with little grasp of how long ago 500 million years really is, to be able to quickly flick to a timescale.

Hence, this template allows an easy way to implement such links.

[edit] Comments

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