Late Ordovician period

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:characterizedBy high sea levels
diverse marine life
glaciation events
gptkbp:climate global cooling
gptkbp:continent Gondwana moved over the South Pole
gptkbp:duration about 15 million years
gptkbp:endDate approximately 443 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Silurian_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Late Ordovician period
gptkbp:majorExtinction second largest extinction event in Earth's history
gptkbp:marineFauna brachiopods
conodonts
graptolites
nautiloids
trilobites
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Late_Ordovician_mass_extinction
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Anticosti_Island
Cincinnati region
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ordovician_period
gptkbp:precededBy Middle Ordovician period
gptkbp:seaLevelChange major regression at end of period
gptkbp:stageName gptkb:Hirnantian
gptkb:Katian
gptkb:Sandbian
gptkbp:startDate approximately 458 million years ago
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Late_Ordovician_glaciation
gptkb:Ordovician–Silurian_extinction_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8