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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.

Ordovician-Silurian Extinction (about 443 million years ago): Around 85% of species went extinct, likely due to a combination of a drop in sea levels and glaciation, followed by rising sea levels ...

Instead, the team hypothesized a stellar explosion may have been a potential factor in the Late Devonian extinction event 372 million years ago and one at the end of the Late Ordovician 445 ...