What is the Ordovician period?
Q: What is the Ordovician period?
A: The Ordovician period is the second period of the Paleozoic era and the Phanerozoic eon, lasting from about 485.4 million years ago (mya) to 443.4 mya.
Q: What period follows the Ordovician period?
A: The Silurian period follows the Ordovician period.
Q: Who named the Ordovician period?
A: The Ordovician period was named after the Welsh tribe of the Ordovices by Charles Lapworth in 1879.
Q: Why was the Ordovician period slow to be recognized in Britain?
A: The recognition of the Ordovician period was slow in Britain because the fossils in the disputed strata were not recognized as being unique to the Ordovician.
Q: When was the Ordovician period adopted as an official period of the Paleozoic era?
A: The Ordovician period was adopted as an official period of the Paleozoic era in 1906 by the International Geological Congress.
Q: What was the End-Ordovician extinction event?
A: The End-Ordovician extinction event was a series of extinction events that marked the end of the Ordovician period, and is the second greatest extinction event of the Phanerozoic.
Q: How long did the Ordovician period last?
A: The Ordovician period lasted from about 485.4 million years ago (mya) to 443.4 mya.
