"global chronostratigraphic units" (Eon) Phanerozoic Eon (541.0 Ma - present) (Era) Cenozoic Era (66.0 Ma - present) (Sub-era) Quaternary Sub-era (2.58 Ma - present) see Period Quaternary Period (2.58 Ma - present) (Period) Pleistogene Period see Period Quaternary Period (2.58 Ma - present) (Epoch) Holocene Epoch (0.0117 Ma - present)