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Ecosystem Variability: Can the Past Inform the Present?. Robert T. Paine University of Washington. Geological Time Scale. Epochs Million Years b.p. Obscene 0.005 Pleistocene 1.8 Pliocene 5.3 Miocene 23.7 Oligocene 36.6 Eocene 57.8
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Ecosystem Variability: Can the Past Inform the Present? Robert T. Paine University of Washington
Geological Time Scale EpochsMillion Years b.p. Obscene 0.005 Pleistocene 1.8 Pliocene 5.3 Miocene 23.7 Oligocene 36.6 Eocene 57.8 Paleocene 66.4
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