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[-] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

An epoch is a geological age and not a specific time span. So "65-145 Mya" (million years ago) would be the appropriate label. I can't seem to find a label for "million years" (other than megaannum, which is just an SI prefix for years, but I don't think Ive ever heard that used?)

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Megaanum was also a common side effect of rear encounters with legendary adult performer John Holmes

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're right

the first result I stumbled upon was the Simple wikipedia result which erroneously calls an epoch 1,000,000 years ( simple wiki link ).

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