S: (n) eon, aeon (the longest division of geological time)
S: (n) period, geological period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed) "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
S: (n) ice age, glacial period, glacial epoch (any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface) "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"
S: (n) Cretaceous, Cretaceous period (from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants)