Ordovician Time Period
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE ORDOVICAN TIME PERIOD
DARIAN , AMANDA , N'TYRIA
TIME PERIOD
- The Ordovician period lasted almost 45 million years
- beginning 488.3 million years ago and ending 443.7 million years ago .
THE ERA/PERIOD
THE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD WAS IN THE PALAEOZOIC ERA
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD
Northern tropics were completely covered by the ocean during this time period .
Photo by Yasunobu Ikeda
DURING THIS TIME
MOST OF THE CONTINENTS WERE CONNECTED TOGETHER AS A SUPER CONTINENT
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LIVING THINGS
Green Algae , Primitive, Fish , Corals , Crinoids , Gastropoda
Photo by cogdogblog
CLIMATE
THIS PERIOD WAS MORE OF AND MILDER CLIMATE
First Organisms
The first organisms in the Ordovician period consisted of Trilobites, Brachiopods, Cephalopods , Crinoids, and Green Algae
Photo by jbhalper
What's unique ?
A rich variety of marine life flourished into the vast seas
And the first primitive plants began to appear on land , before the second
Largest mass extinction of all time ended the period
Photo by Ryan Somma
