What time period lasted for more than half of the hypothesized history of the Earth?

The Precambrian began when Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago and ended about 541 million years ago, lasting roughly 4 billion years. That is well over half of Earth’s hypothesized history. The Carboniferous, Cretaceous, and Paleozoic were much shorter intervals.

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