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Geological timescale template
Usage
Use the format {{Ma|Years_ago|Suffix}} or {{mya|Years_ago|Suffix}}.
Years_ago can take a number (don't include commas, which are added automatically), or a period name, in which case it will return the date the period started.
Suffix is optional and defaults to "million years ago".
Examples
- {{mya|65|mya}}
- gives
65 mya
- {{mya|Cambrian|MA}}
- gives
- {{Ma|250}}
- gives
250 million years ago
Rationale
With geological time, it is often genuinely useful for the lay reader, with little grasp of how long ago 500 million years really is, to be able to quickly flick to a timescale.
Hence, this template allows an easy way to implement such links.
Comments
Please address comments about the functioning of this template to Template talk:Ma, and about the design or content of the destination page at User_talk:Smith609/Timeline.