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What were the Ordovician mammals?

No mammals existed in the Ordovician


What has the author Richard Rogers Thompson written?

Richard Rogers Thompson has written: 'Lithostratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Salona and Coburn formations in central Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): Geology, Stratigraphic Geology


What has the author William Thornton Dean written?

William Thornton Dean has written: 'The Ordovician system in the Near and Middle East' -- subject(s): Geology, Stratigraphic Geology 'Trilobites from the Long Point Group (Ordovician), Port au Port Peninsula, southwestern Newfoundland' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites 'Trilobites from the Survey Peak, Outram, and Skoki formations (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician) at Wilcox Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites 'The correlation and Trilobite fauna of the Bedinan formation (Ordovician) in South-eastern Turkey' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites 'Lower Ordovician trilobites from the vicinity of South Carcher Pond, Northeastern Newfoundland' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites 'Lower Ordovician acritarchs and trilobites from Bell Island, eastern Newfoundland' -- subject(s): Acritarchs, Paleontology, Trilobites 'Preliminary account of the trilobite biostratigraphy of the Survey Peak and Outram formations (late Cambrian, early Ordovician) at Wilcox Pass, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites 'The early Ordovician trilobite genus Missisquoia Shaw 1951 in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia' -- subject(s): Paleontology, Trilobites


What is the dominant plant of the Ordovician period?

Algae was the dominant plant of the Ordovician. There were little to no other plants (other then algae) during the Ordovician. In the Ordovician, the common types of algae were Stromatolites (Blue green algae), and Tetradium (Red algae).


What are the people called for the study of the Earth's crust?

Geologists study the Earth's crust. They examine its composition, structure, and history to better understand processes like plate tectonics and geological formations.


What period came after the Cambrian period?

The Ordovician period came after the Cambrian period.


What came after the Ordovician period?

The Silurian period followed the Ordovician period.


Where is the thickest crust found below what?

The thickest crust is found below continents, particularly in mountainous regions like the Himalayas or the Andes. Continental crust is generally thicker and less dense than oceanic crust due to the accumulation of sediments and the presence of older rock formations.


When the ocean floor collides with a crustal plate what happens?

it subducts underneath the crustal plate


What is deep oceans trenches?

a deep-ocean trench is a portion of the earth crust


What has the author Helen Binford Hay written?

Helen Binford Hay has written: 'Lithofacies and formations of the Cincinnatian series (Upper Ordovician), southeastern Indiana and southwestern Ohio' -- subject(s): Geology, Geology, Stratigraphic, Lithofacies, Stratigraphic Geology


How long did ordovician last?

The Ordovician lasted for 47 million years from 490 to 443 Million Years Ago.