"global chronostratigraphic units" (Eon) Phanerozoic Eon (541.0 Ma - present) (Era) †Mesozoic Era (252.17 - 66.0 Ma) (Period) †Cretaceous Period (145.0 - 66.0 Ma) (Epoch) †Early Cretaceous Epoch (145.0 - 100.5 Ma) 1 (Stage) †Berriasian Stage (145.0 - 139.8 Ma) 2 (Stage) †Valanginian Stage (139.8 - 132.6 Ma) 3 (Stage) †Hauterivian Stage (132.6 - 129.4 Ma) 4 (Stage) †Barremian Stage (129.4 - 125.0 Ma) 5 (Stage) †Aptian Stage (125.0 - 113.0 Ma) 6 (Stage) †Albian Stage (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)