After International Comission on Stratigraphy, 2004

Period

Epoch

Age

ended:

becan:

O
R
D
O
V
I
C
I
A
N

Late Ordovician

Hirnantian

443.7 ± 1.5 Ma 445.6 ± 1.6 Ma
[“Ashgillian”] 445.6 ± 1.6 Ma 455.8 ± 1.6 Ma
[“Caradocian”] 455.8 ± 1.6 Ma 460.9 ± 1.6 Ma

Middle Ordovician

Darriwilian
[“Llandeilian”]

460.9 ± 1.6 Ma 468.1 ± 1.6 Ma

[“Llanvirnian”]

468.1 ± 1.6 Ma 471.8 ± 1.6 Ma

Early Ordovician

[“Arenigian”]

471.8 ± 1.6 Ma 478.6 ± 1.7 Ma

Tremadocian

478.6 ± 1.7 Ma 488.3 ± 1.7 Ma

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