Ordovician
second period of the Paleozoic Era
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Summary
Ordovician is a period[1]. Ordovician draws 11,330 Wikipedia views per month (period category, ranking #10 of 34).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: system[3]
- Named after: Ordovices[4]
- Follows: Cambrian[5]
- Followed by: Silurian[6]
- Part of: Paleozoic[7], ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[8]
- Commons category: Ordovician[9]
- SRGB color hex triplet: 009270[10]
- Has part(s): Early Ordovician[11], Middle Ordovician[12], Late Ordovician[13]
- Start time: -486850000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14]
- End time: -443100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ordovician[16]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
- Named by: Charles Lapworth[19]
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Influence
Things named for Ordovician include Ordovician–Silurian extinction event[20], an extinction event[21].
Why It Matters
Ordovician has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Ordovician is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for Ordovician include Ordovician–Silurian extinction event[20], an extinction event[21].