Geological Time Scale

Phanerozoic	Proterozoic	Archaeozoic
0 – 570 Ma	570 Ma – 2,62 Ga	2,62 Ga – 4,6 Ga

Phanerozoic
65–55 Ma	End-Cretaceous	Mass extinction and renewal.
135–130 Ma		South America starts braking away from Africa
152 Ma		Fragmentation of Pangea
160 Ma		Karoo sedimentation stops
177 ± 9 Ma		Lebombo Group
190–160 Ma		Gondwana starts slitting up
220–210 Ma	Late Triassic	Mass extinction and renewal.
250 Ma		Approximate age of Tshikondeni coal beds
251–240 Ma	End-Permian	Mass extinction and renewal.
300 Ma	Late Carboniferous	Karoo sedimentation starts
370–362 Ma	Late Devonian	Mass extinction and renewal.
418–362 Ma	Devonian	Gymnosperms evolve
435–418 Ma	Silurian	Pteridophytes evolve
435–425 Ma	End-Ordovician	Mass extinction and renewal.
570 Ma

Proterozoic
570 Ma
Namibiam
Mokolian	Lebowa Granite Suit
	Soutpansberg Group	Stayt Formation 1769 ± 34 Ma
		Nzhelele Formation
		Wyllies Poor Formation c. 1,7 Ga
		Fundudzi Formation, predominately sedimentary, composed of pale-colored quartzitic sandstone and quartzite and sandstone
		Sibasa Formation 1749 ± 104 Ma, predominately of volcanic
	Waterberg Group c. 1,8 Ga	Blouberg Formation
		Makgabeng, oldest evidence for microbial colonization of a terrestrial setting in one of the oldest known Precambrian deserts
2,07 Ga
Vaalian	Bushveld Complex
	Wolkberg Group
2,62 Ga

Archaeozoic
2,62 Ga
Randian	Matok Granite 2654 ± 62 Ma
	Limpopo mobile belt 2,7 Ga one of the oldest still active mobile belts known
	Hout River Gneiss 2,75 Ga
3,09 Ga
Swasian	Bandelierskop Complex 2636 ± 98 Ma
	Messina Suite 3153 ± 47 Ma
	Sand River Gneiss 3858 ± 116 Ma, some of the oldest rocks known
3,80 Ga
	4,5 Ga – 4,6 Ga the approximate age of the earth

References

Ericsson, P.G., Simpson, E.L., Eriksson, Bumby, A.J., Steyn, L.G. & Sarkar, S. (2000) Muddy Roll-up Structures in Siliciclastic Interdune Beds of the c. 1.8 Ga Waterberg Group, South Africa. Palaios, 2000, V. 15 177–183.