Template:Mars timescale

<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:50 PlotArea = left:15 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = early

Period = from:-4540 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-4500 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-4500

Colors=

id:prenoachicol value:rgb(0.7,0.4,1)
id:noachicol value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.8)
id:hespericol value:rgb(1,0.2,0.2)
id:amazonicol value:rgb(1,0.5,0.2)

PlotData=

align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)
text:Amazonian from:-3000 till:0 color:amazonicol
text:Hesperian from:-3700 till:-3000 color:hespericol
text:Noachian from:-4100 till:-3700 color:noachicol
text:Pre-Noachian from:start till:-4100 color:prenoachicol

</timeline>

Martian time periods (millions of years ago)

Epochs: <timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:50 PlotArea = left:15 right:15 bottom:20 top:5 AlignBars = early

Period = from:-4540 till:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-4500 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-4500

Colors=

id:Mnoachicol value:rgb(0.6,0.6,0.9)
id:Enoachicol value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.8)
id:Lnoachicol value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1)
id:Ehespericol value:rgb(1,0.4,0.4)
id:Lhespericol value:rgb(1,0.6,0.6)

PlotData=

align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5)
text:Late from:-3400 till:-3000 color:Lhespericol
text:Early from:-3700 till:-3400 color:Ehespericol
text:Early from:-4100 till:-3950 color:Enoachicol
text:M from:-3950 till:-3840 color:Mnoachicol
text:Late from:-3840 till:-3700 color:Lnoachicol

</timeline>