Fossil found in South Africa named Keurbos susanae after 25 yearsExceptionally preserved soft tissue from post-extinction seafloorHarsh, anoxic condi ...

Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...

It lived in the immediate aftermath of the end Ordovician extinction event more than 440 million years ago, caused by glaciations (the spread of icy conditions) across vast swaths of the planet.

A study published this month links an uptick in impact craters during the Ordovician Period, an era before animals lived on land, to a ring made of asteroid debris that encircled our planet for ...

Their research provides new insights into polar ecosystems from the early Ordovician period. Eric and Sylvie Monceret have been fossil hunting as a hobby for over 20 years. In a mountain region called ...

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The conodonts are excellent Paleozoic biostratigraphic tools and the study of the Ordovician conodonts in the Sichuan basin has provided an important basis for the division and correlation of related ...

It killed most marine life, including trilobites, corals, brachiopods, and conodonts. Below are two of the well-known Ordovician animals that suffered during this event: The discovery of conodont ...

Archaeologists discovered a marine archaeological site from the mid-Ordovician Period 462 million years ago Castle Bank, Wales, according to a new study published on Monday. The site boasts 150 ...

The fossilized time capsule from Castle Bank is from the middle of the succeeding Ordovician Period, about 462 million years ago. The Ordovician was a critical time in the history of life when ...