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WillG
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I just learned that the eoarchean era comes justright before the paleoarchean era, whereas the paleocene epoch comes justright before the eocene epoch. This is quite confusing. Is there any sense behind this (seemingly inconsistent) terminology, or is it just due to historical accidents?

I just learned that the eoarchean era comes just before the paleoarchean era, whereas the paleocene epoch comes just before the eocene epoch. This is quite confusing. Is there any sense behind this (seemingly inconsistent) terminology, or is it just due to historical accidents?

I just learned that the eoarchean era comes right before the paleoarchean era, whereas the paleocene epoch comes right before the eocene epoch. This is quite confusing. Is there any sense behind this (seemingly inconsistent) terminology, or is it just due to historical accidents?

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WillG
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Why the reversed-order terminology for paleocene/eocene and eoarchean/paleoarchean?

I just learned that the eoarchean era comes just before the paleoarchean era, whereas the paleocene epoch comes just before the eocene epoch. This is quite confusing. Is there any sense behind this (seemingly inconsistent) terminology, or is it just due to historical accidents?