Talk:Paleozoic

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68.3.29.118 22:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC) anyone know who defined the eras and when? Moved from article Dittaeva 14:15, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Geological Eras arose from consensus among Geologists and Palæntologists. Various people defined the periods and shorter timescales over hundreds of years. Mostly, the names are placenames whence one finds the rocks originally used for defining the era (many exceptions exist to this rule of thumb). Ŭalabio 00:20, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

[edit] Greek or latin meanings

somebody should put the greek or latin meanings of paleo ? and zoic = life at the beginning of entrys such as this one (ie scientific ones) it is muyy helpful

Palæo means old. These are the geological eras and their meaning:

Ŭalabio 00:20, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

[edit] Table of contents

Does anyone know how to make the Contents box appear on this page?

Never mind everyone. I have found out how to do it. For everyone who needs to know, put Overview at the top of the first paragraph. Then save the change. This should make the contents box appear.:()

No, we don't start with a header. If there are too few sections <4 the table of contents won't be displayed. I removed a bunch of duplication added sometime ?? Also a couple headers so your TOC shows up :-) Vsmith 04:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mississippian-Pennsylvanian

Rompe's recent change, removing Mississippian and Pennsylvanian, is, strictly speaking, correct. The ICS considers them to be epochs of the Carboniferous. However, as explained at Mississippian and Pennsylvanian, in North America both are indeed treated as full geologic periods. I wonder if a similar explanation is appropriate here?--Geologyguy 12:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] geological column assumptions?

There are many assumptions in this article regarding the references to the geological column which are put forward as facts. This is still theoretical as are all the dates. The geological column exists nowhere in the world! This article should be noted as being based on generally accepted, but unproven, theories. Refer definition empirical science and please apply.