Late Ordovician

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:characterizedBy high sea levels
diverse marine life
glaciation events
gptkbp:climate cooling trend
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Hirnantian
gptkb:Katian
gptkbp:continent Gondwana near the South Pole
gptkbp:duration about 15 million years
gptkbp:endDate approximately 443 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Middle_Ordovician
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Late Ordovician
gptkbp:majorFossils brachiopods
conodonts
graptolites
trilobites
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Late_Ordovician_mass_extinction
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ordovician
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Silurian
gptkbp:startDate approximately 458 million years ago
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cincinnatian
gptkb:Ordovician
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6