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Which geologic period followed the Ordovician Period?
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Ordovician Period
The distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the Ordovician Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The geologic period that followed the Ordovician Period is the Silurian Period. The Silurian began approximately 443.8 million years ago, marking the close of the Ordovician and the start of the third period of the Paleozoic Era.12