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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:geological_formation
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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high sea levels
diversification of marine life
first appearance of coral reefs
first land plants
glaciation at end of period
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gptkbp:climate
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generally warm, cooling at end
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gptkbp:continent
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gptkb:Siberia
gptkb:Baltica
gptkb:Laurentia
Gondwana dominant
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gptkbp:dividedInto
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gptkb:Middle_Ordovician
gptkb:Early_Ordovician
gptkb:Late_Ordovician
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gptkbp:duration
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about 41.6 million years
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gptkbp:endDate
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443.8 million years ago
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Cambrian
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gptkbp:lake
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gptkb:Rheic_Ocean
gptkb:Iapetus_Ocean
gptkb:Paleo-Tethys_Ocean
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Ordovices
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gptkbp:notableSite
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brachiopods
conodonts
graptolites
nautiloids
trilobites
early jawless fish
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Silurian
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gptkbp:recognizedBy
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gptkb:Charles_Lapworth
1879
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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gptkb:Great_Ordovician_Biodiversification_Event
gptkb:Ordovician-Silurian_extinction_event
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gptkbp:startDate
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485.4 million years ago
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:Wales
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Kentucky_River_Palisades
gptkb:Manhattan_schist
gptkb:Tennessee_marble
gptkb:Illinites
gptkb:Parys_Mountain
gptkb:West_Coast_Range
gptkb:Cambrian
gptkb:Charlevoix_impact_structure
gptkb:Chazy_Fossil_Reef
gptkb:Silurian
gptkb:Southern_Uplands
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ordovician
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