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Ordovician | |
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Chronology | |
Etymology | |
Name formality | Formal |
Name ratified | 1960 |
Usage information | |
Celestial body | Earth |
Regional usage | Global (ICS) |
Time scale(s) used | ICS Time Scale |
Definition | |
Chronological unit | Period |
Stratigraphic unit | System |
First proposed by | Charles Lapworth, 1879 |
Time span formality | Formal |
Lower boundary definition | FAD of the Conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus |
Lower boundary GSSP | Greenpoint section, Green Point, Newfoundland, Canada 49°40′58″N 57°57′55″W / 49.6829°N 57.9653°W |
GSSP ratified | 2000 |
Upper boundary definition | FAD of the Graptolite Akidograptus ascensus |
Upper boundary GSSP | Dob's Linn, Moffat, U.K. 55°26′24″N 3°16′12″W / 55.4400°N 3.2700°W |
GSSP ratified | 1984 |
Atmospheric and climatic data | |
Sea level above present day | 180 m; rising to 220 m in Caradoc and falling sharply to 140 m in end-Ordovician glaciations |
Ordovician යනු වසර මිලියන 485-444 කට පෙර Paleozoic යුගයේ දෙවන කාල පරිච්ඡේදය වේ,