Geologic Time Period

Question 1

Laramide Orogeny

Answer 1

Rocky Mountain Region
Late Cretaceous - Early Eocene
80-50 Ma

Question 2

Sevier (Basin & Range) Orogeny

Answer 2

Late Cretaceous - Paleocene

130 - 80 Ma

Question 3

Nevadan Orogeny

Answer 3

California and Nevada
Jurassic - Cretaceous
150 - 140 Ma

Question 4

Palisades Orogeny

Answer 4

Jurassic

Occurred in New York

Question 5

Sonoma Orogeny

Answer 5

Nevada and Utah
Permian - Triassic
280 - 200 Ma

Question 6

Antler Orogeny

Answer 6

Nevada and Idaho
Late Devonian - Early Pennsylvanian
375 - 300 Ma

Question 7

Alleghanian Orogeny

Answer 7

Mid-Atlantic region
Carboniferous - Permian
335 - 250 Ma

Question 8

Ancestral Rockies Orogeny

Answer 8

Current Rocky Mountains

Pennsylvanian

Question 9

Acadian Orogeny

Answer 9

New England
Devonian
420 - 335 Ma

Question 10

Taconic Orogeny

Answer 10

1st Crustal collision between the ancestral Europe and North American (Laurentia)
Vermont and New York
Ordovician - Silurian

Question 11

Precambrian

Answer 11

Eon
Eras: Archean & Proterozoic
4.6 Ga - 541 Ma

Question 12

Paleozoic Era

Answer 12

541 - 254 Ma

Question 13

Cambrian Period

Answer 13

541 - 485 Ma

Question 14

Ordovician Period

Answer 14

485 - 443 Ma

Question 15

Silurian Period

Answer 15

443 - 419 Ma

Question 16

Devonian Period

Answer 16

419 - 359 Ma

Question 17

Carboniferous Period

Answer 17

355 - 299 Ma

Question 18

Permian Period

Answer 18

299 - 251 Ma

Question 19

Triassic Period

Answer 19

251 - 201 Ma

Question 20

Jurassic Period

Answer 20

201 - 145 Ma

Question 21

Cretaceous Period

Answer 21

145 - 66 Ma

Question 22

Paleogene Period

Answer 22

66 - 23 Ma

Question 23

Neogene Period

Answer 23

23 - 2.6 Ma

Question 24

Quaternary Period

Answer 24

2.6 - Present

Question 25

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Answer 25

``` C - Cambrian O - Ordovician S - Silurian D - Devonian M - Mississippian P - Pennsylvanian P - Permian T- Triassic J - Jurassic T - Tertiary Q - Quarternary ```