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The Mega year ago, often abbreviated as Ma of Mya [1], is a useful shorthand notation for long times more concise than scientific notation.
Use
Instead of "trilobites went extinct 291 million years ago" [2], one would write "trilobites went extinct 291 Ma". The use of "Ma" avoids word repeats when writing papers.
