Ordovician
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Ordovician
Summary
Ordovician is a period[1]. Ordovician draws 5,226 Wikipedia views per month (period category, ranking #10 of 34).[2]
Key Facts
- Ordovician's instance of is recorded as period[3].
- Ordovician's instance of is recorded as system[4].
- Ordovices is named after Ordovician[5].
- Ordovician followed Cambrian[6].
- Ordovician was followed by Silurian[7].
- Ordovician is part of Paleozoic[8].
- Ordovician is part of ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[9].
- Ordovician's Commons category is recorded as Ordovician[10].
- Ordovician's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 009270[11].
- Ordovician comprises Early Ordovician[12].
- Ordovician comprises Middle Ordovician[13].
- Ordovician comprises Late Ordovician[14].
- Ordovician began on -486850000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
- Ordovician ended on -443100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
- Ordovician's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ordovician[17].
- Ordovician's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18].
- Ordovician's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
- Ordovician's named by is recorded as Charles Lapworth[20].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include period[3] and system[4].
Origins
Ordovices is named after Ordovician[5].
Use and Application
Components include Early Ordovician[12], a series[21]; Middle Ordovician[13], a series[22]; and Late Ordovician[14], a series[23]. Part of include Paleozoic[8], an era[24] and ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[9].
Influence
Things named for Ordovician include Ordovician–Silurian extinction event[25], an extinction event[26].
Why It Matters
Ordovician draws 5,226 Wikipedia views per month (period category, ranking #10 of 34).[2] Ordovician has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Ordovician is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for Ordovician include Ordovician–Silurian extinction event[25], an extinction event[26].