Proterozoic

proterozoic English Etymology From en protero zoic. Pronunciation en /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹrəˈzoʊɪk/ /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹoʊˈzoʊɪk/ US en /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəˈzəʊɪk/ /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəʊˈzəʊɪk/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Proterozoic.wav Southern England en əʊɪk 5 Adjective - en geology Of or relating to the geologic eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma. Translations of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago Finnish: fi proterotsooinen French: fr protérozoïque German: de proterozoisch Greek: el προτεροζωικός Hebrew: he פרוטרוזואיקאי proterozo'ikái Irish: ga Prótarasóch Italian: it proterozoico Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn анх төрмөлийн, mn анхны China Portuguese: pt proterozoico Russian: ru протерозо́йский m protɛrozójskij Spanish: es Proterozoico Tibetan: bo གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན, bo གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན་ཆགས་རིམ་གྱི Proper noun en geology The eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma, the beginning of the Phanerozoic, marked by the build up of oxygen in the atmosphere and the emergence of primitive multicellular life. en Precambrian eon/supereon en Paleoproterozoic Mesoproterozoic Neoproterozoic en Archaean preceding eon Cambrian succeeding eon Translations eon 2,500-541 Ma Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 元古宙 Yuángǔzhòu Czech: cs starohory f-p, cs proterozoikum n Dutch: nl proterozoïcum n Estonian: et proterosoikum, et aguaegkond, et agueoon Finnish: fi proterotsooinen aioni French: fr protérozoïque m German: de Proterozoikum n Greek: el Προτεροζωικός m Hebrew: he פרוטרוזואיקון m proterozo'ikón Hungarian: hu proterozoikum Italian: it proterozoico Japanese: ja 原生代 げんせいだい, Genseidai Norwegian: no proterzoikum m Polish: pl proterozoik m Portuguese: pt Proterozoico m Russian: ru протерозо́й m protɛrozój Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh протерозо̀ик, sh алгонкиј m Latin: sh proterozòik m, sh algonkij m Spanish: es Proterozoico m Tibetan: bo གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན་ཆགས་རིམ primordial life stratum See also Appendix:Geologic timescale