Definition of Ordovician. Meaning of Ordovician. Synonyms of Ordovician

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Definition of Ordovician

Ordovician
Ordovician Or`do*vi"cian, a. [From L. Ordovices, a Celtic people in Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician formation.

Meaning of Ordovician from wikipedia

- The Ordovician (/ɔːrdəˈvɪʃi.ən, -doʊ-, -ˈvɪʃən/ or-də-VISH-ee-ən, -⁠doh-, -⁠VISH-ən) is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the...
- Cap Late D O–S The Late Ordovician m**** extinction (LOME), sometimes known as the end-Ordovician m**** extinction or the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, is...
- The Late Ordovician, also called the Upper Ordovician by geologists, is the third epoch of the Ordovician period. At this time, Western and Central Europe...
- The Early Ordovician is the first epoch of the Ordovician period, corresponding to the Lower Ordovician series of the Ordovician system. It began after...
- geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at 443.8 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian...
- appearing in the Ordovician include: Cyclopyge (Early to Late Ordovician) Selenopeltis (Early to Late Ordovician) Parabolina (Early Ordovician) Cheirurus (Middle...
- The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE), was an evolutionary radiation of animal life throughout the Ordovician period, 40 million years after...
- Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordovician Period 485.4 Ma. Most of the continents lay in the southern hemisphere...
- subdivided into six geologic periods (from oldest to youngest): Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Some geological timescales divide...
- Sacabambaspis is an extinct genus of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period. Sacabambaspis lived in shallow waters on the continental margins...