Ordovician - Wikipedia
WebThe Ordovician (/ ɔːr d ə ˈ v ɪ ʃ i. ə n,-d oʊ-,-ˈ v ɪ ʃ ən / or-də-VISH-ee-ən, -doh-, - VISH-ən) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period 485.4 Ma (million years ago) to the start of the Silurian Period 443.8 Ma.
Ordovician Period | Major Events, Extinction, & Facts | Britannica
WebMar 20, 2024 · Ordovician Period, in geologic time, the second period of the Paleozoic Era. It began 485.4 million years ago and ended 443.8 million years ago. The interval was a time of intense diversification (an increase in the number of species) of marine animal life in what became known as the Ordovician radiation.
Ordovician Period Information and Facts | National Geographic
WebLearn more about the time period that took place 488 to 443 million years ago. During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the vast seas...
The Ordovician Period - University of California Museum of …
WebThe Ordovician Period. The Ordovician Period lasted almost 45 million years, beginning 488.3 million years ago and ending 443.7 million years ago.* During this period, the area north of the tropics was almost entirely ocean, and most of the world's land was collected into the southern supercontinent Gondwana.
Ordovician Period summary | Britannica
WebOrdovician Period, Interval of geologic time, 485.4–443.4 million years ago, the second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era. It follows the Cambrian and precedes the Silurian Period. During the Ordovician, many of the landmasses were aligned in the tropics.
Ordovician Period | Natural History Museum
WebAug 10, 2012 · Silurian Period. The Ordovician* lasted about 45 million years and saw the transition from very primitive to relatively modern life-forms in the seas. The “Ordovician radiation” which followed the late Cambrian extinctions, lead to a tripling of marine diversity, the greatest increase in the history of life, and giving the highest levels of ...
Ordovician-Silurian extinction | Overview & Facts | Britannica
WebOrdovician-Silurian extinction, global event that eliminated some 85 percent of all Ordovician species. It was driven by climate and habitat disruptions caused by the onset of glaciation in Gondwana, the associated fall in sea level, and a subsequent warming period which melted ice and brought about rising sea levels.
Ordovician - New World Encyclopedia
WebThe Ordovician, named after the Welsh tribe of the Ordovices, was defined by Charles Lapworth, in 1879, to resolve a dispute between followers of Adam Sedgwick and Roderick Murchison, who were placing the same rock beds in northern Wales into the Cambrian and Silurian periods, respectively.
Prehistoric Life During the Ordovician Period - ThoughtCo
WebOct 13, 2019 · One of the lesser-known geologic spans in the earth's history, the Ordovician period (448 to 443 million years ago) didn't witness the same extreme burst of evolutionary activity that characterized the preceding Cambrian period; rather, this was the time when the earliest arthropods and vertebrates expanded their presence in the world's …
The Ordovician - University of California Museum of Paleontology
WebThe Ordovician 490 to 443 Million Years Ago. The Ordovician period began approximately 490 million years ago, with the end of the Cambrian, and ended around 443 million years ago, with the beginning of the Silurian.At this time, the area north of the tropics was almost entirely ocean, and most of the world's land was collected into the southern super …
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