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Which periods are younger than the Triassic period? Check all that apply. Cambrian Cretaceous Jurassic Neogene Silurian

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A. Cambrian

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1. Pre-Cambrian Era.

1.1 Hadean

1.2 Archean

1.3 Proterozoic

2. Paleozoic Era.

2.1 Cambrian

2.2 Ordovician

2.3 Silurian

2.4 Devonian

2.5 Carboniferous

2.6 Permian

2.6.1 Young earth creationist claims

2.6.2 "The Great Dying"

3. Mesozoic Era.

3.1 Triassic

3.2 Jurassic

3.3 Cretaceous

3.3.1 K-Pg extinction

4. Cenozoic Era.

4.1 Paleogene

4.2 Neogene

4.3 Quaternary.

According to this phyletic lineage, Cambrian (542 to 488 million years ago) and Silurian (443 to 416) are younger than Triassic (251 to 199), whereas Jurassic (199.6 to 145.5), Cretaceous (145 to 65), and Neogene ( 23 to 2.6) came later.

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