Tomkins and his team reconstructed an unusual rise in the number of meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spike, ...

Manitoba is well-known for its fossil record, including the fossil-filled, world-famous Ordovician-aged Tyndall Stone and the ...

The Ordovician period and its impact spike correspond closely with a period of intense cold for our planet known as the Hirnantian glaciation—or, more dramatically, as the Hirnantian Icehouse.

L-chondrite breakup might have contributed to Ordovician biodiversification. About 466 Mya, a major impact event took place between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Excavations at a 2,000-year-old settlement in Spain have yielded the first ever trilobite fossil from Roman times. Found in a trash heap associated with a high-status household, the specimen appears ...

The fossils, which were excavated from a Welsh quarry on private land, provide an unusually well-preserved glimpse of these wee weirdos and offer clues about the vanished world that they inhabited ...

The Ordovician was a critical time in the history of life when extraordinary diversification of animals occurred and more familiar ecosystems like coral reefs began to appear at the end of the period.

Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply. Nature Geoscience , 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00855-5 Cite This Page : ...

Early species developed much faster than previously thought Landmark review of Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event Date: August 15, 2019 Source: ...

75% of all species, particularly in the types of fish found in ancient seas and lakes, while the Ordovician event wiped out about 85% of marine species. Get the Space.com Newsletter.

Geologists name lots of things for Cincinnati because our bedrock is unique and world-famous. Page through the major earth-science literature, and you’ll find references to fossil-rich rock known ...