Paleozoic

Summary

Paleozoic is an era^[1]. Paleozoic ranks in the top 7% of era entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,762 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Paleozoic's instance of is recorded as era^[3].
• Paleozoic's instance of is recorded as erathem^[4].
• Paleozoic followed Neoproterozoic^[5].
• Paleozoic was followed by Mesozoic^[6].
• Paleozoic is part of Phanerozoic^[7].
• Paleozoic is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[8].
• Paleozoic's Commons category is recorded as Paleozoic^[9].
• Paleozoic's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 99C08D^[10].
• Paleozoic comprises Cambrian^[11].
• Paleozoic comprises Ordovician^[12].
• Paleozoic comprises Silurian^[13].
• Paleozoic comprises Devonian^[14].
• Paleozoic comprises Carboniferous^[15].
• Paleozoic comprises Permian^[16].
• Paleozoic began on -538800000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Paleozoic ended on -251902000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Paleozoic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paleozoic^[19].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[22].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Paleozoic's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[25].
• Paleozoic's named by is recorded as Adam Sedgwick^[26].
• Paleozoic's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include era^[3] and erathem^[4].

Use and Application

Components include Cambrian^[11], a period^[28]; Ordovician^[12], a period^[29]; Silurian^[13], a period^[30]; Devonian^[14], a period^[31]; Carboniferous^[15], a period^[32]; and Permian^[16], a period^[33]. Part of include Phanerozoic^[7], an eon^[34] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale^[8].

Why It Matters

Paleozoic ranks in the top 7% of era entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,762 views/month).^[2] Paleozoic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Paleozoic is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]