Ordovician

Meanings

Adjective

Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.

Proper Noun

The Ordovician period.

Origin

Named by Charles Lapworth in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.

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