Question

Is there a good mnemonic device to remember all the geologic ages, including eras?

Answer 1

http://science.sbcc.edu/~earthsc/geo/TimeScaleMnemonics.htm

Not saying I made these, just to help you out. Good luck.

Explanation:

1. To memorize the Eras:
   Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic:

2. Please pay my children!

3. Pizza places make chicken.

4. Peter Piper milks cows.

5. To memorize the Periods:

Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary:

• Cold oysters seldom develop many precious pearls, their juices congeal too quickly.
• Come over some day, maybe play poker. Three jacks can take queens.
• Charlie Oliver Still Drives My Purple Plymouth To Jersey City Through Quicksand
• Can old senators demand more political power than junior congressmen? Tough question!

• Quiet Time Can Just Tease People Particularly Men Dodging Spouses Ordering Chores (Reverse).

• To memorize the Epochs of Cenozoic Era:

Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene (or Recent):

• Pretty Eager Old Men Play Poker Hard.
• Pigeon Egg Omelets Make People Puke Heartily.

• Put Eggs On My Plate Please Homer.

• The missing Era: Precambrian

Archean, Proterozoic