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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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?)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 ).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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