Late Ordovician

Rank	epoch· Paleobiology Database
Base	458 Ma· Paleobiology Database
Top	444 Ma· Paleobiology Database
Duration	14.6 Myr· Paleobiology Database
Chart	ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart v2023/09 (ages from Macrostrat/PBDB interval tables)

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PBDB: 29
ICS chart (stratigraphy.org)
Wikipedia: Late Ordovician

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Stratum Strata. "Late Ordovician" (Time interval). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/time/late-ordovician. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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@misc{stratum-late-ordovician,
  title        = {Late Ordovician},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/time/late-ordovician}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Time interval article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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