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Proterozoic

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The third and final period of the Mesoproterozoic era, spanning 1.2 billion to 1 billion years ago and closing the era. It is distinguished from the preceding two periods by the formation of orogenic, or mountain building, belts, as the supercontinent Rodinia began assembling from the fragments of Columbia.

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Rank
Period 1
Start (Million Years Ago)
1200 1
End (Million Years Ago)
1000 1
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Ectasian, Eras

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Mesoproterozoic, Eras
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1. Mesoproterozoic (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTable of Mesoproterozoic periods
Quote, Table of Mesoproterozoic periods
formation of orogenic belts
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