Template:Period start/doc

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See also Category:Year and period templates.

Usage

Use the syntax {{Period start|period name|rounding (optional)}}

{{Period start|Cretaceous}}

produces:

145

{{Period start|Cretaceous|-1}}

produces:

150

References

Periods from the International Commission on Stratigraphy's stratigraphical timescale.

Burgess shale age from {{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}

Cambrian stages from Template:Doi
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Mayanian dates from {{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}

Period templates

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• Template:Next period
• Template:Period color
• Template:Period end
• Template:Period end error
• Template:Period infoboxes
• Template:Period span
• Template:Period span/brief
• Template:Period start
• Template:Period start error