• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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      5 months ago

      Except a millennium millenia is a thousand years, not a million years.

      65-145 epochs ago might be the correct wording?

      “Mya” would be the correct term.

      Edit: corrections from MBM, bisby.

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        5 months ago

        If we’re being precise, it’s also one millennium or multiple millennia (knowing Latin plurals is a curse)

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        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?)