Megaannum; the abbreviation is Ma.
Biannual~ this means twice in one yearbiennial~ this means once every two years
the word is novennial....
Bicentennial
enneatical
Sextennial means "Recurring every six years."
one millon years
Ma means million years or million years ago. So and event that ocurred at 60 Ma ocurred 60 million years ago.
The root milli means thousandThe word million makes us think the root milli means million but it actually means a thousand because there is a thousand thousands in a million
The word century means 100 years FYI: decade means 10 years
Velociraptor fossils date to between 75 and 71 million years ago. That means they existed for about 4 million years.
Apatosaurus fossils date to between 154 and 150 million years ago. That means they existed for about 4 million years.
From 225 to 65 million years ago 225 million - 65 million = 160 million BC So that means dinosaurs have been on the earth for 160 million years.
The word meaning 1,000 years is millennium.
A mega annum.
aeon
A mega-parsec is equivalent to one million parsecs, or approximately 3.26 million light-years. It is a unit of distance used in astronomy to measure the vast distances to celestial objects such as galaxies and galaxy clusters.
The Silurian period was between 443.7 - 416 million years ago, which means that it lasted around 27.7 million years.