Epoch

Middle Ordovician

471.3000 – 458.2000 Ma

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era, and the second of twelve periods of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Ordovician spans 43.75 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period 486.85 Ma to the start of the Silurian Period 443.1 Ma.

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Middle Ordovician
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Parent interval
Ordovician Period
Sub-intervals 2
Dapingian
471.3000 – 469.4000
Darriwilian
469.4000 – 458.2000