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Paleozoic

first erathem and era of the Phanerozoic eonothem and eon
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Paleozoic
Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Paleozoic is an era[1]. Paleozoic ranks in the top 7% of era entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,002 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: erathem[3]
  • Follows: Neoproterozoic[4]
  • Followed by: Mesozoic[5]
  • Part of: Phanerozoic[6], ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[7]
  • Commons category: Paleozoic[8]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: 99C08D[9]
  • Has part(s): Cambrian[10], Ordovician[11], Silurian[12], Devonian[13], Carboniferous[14], Permian[15]
  • Start time: -538800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16]
  • End time: -251902000-00-00T00:00:00Z[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Paleozoic[18]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[24]
  • Named by: Adam Sedgwick[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]

Why It Matters

Paleozoic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Paleozoic is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stratigraphy.org. stratigraphy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2024/12. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005092-prvohory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005092-prvohory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → era, erathem
    Part of → Phanerozoic, ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale
    End time → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 17585, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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