Whiterockian epoch
470 - 457 Ma
The definition of this interval in the timescale Ordovician of North America is taken from the following source:
- F. M. Gradstein, J. G. Ogg, M. D. Schmitz and G. M. Ogg. 2020. Geologic Time Scale 2020 view
The top age has been interpolated based on the differences between the ages for international timescale boundaries quoted in the source and the currently accepted ages for those boundaries.
There are intervals in 7 timescales which overlap this one. show
This interval is used in the definition of 545 collections
A total of 4083 collections with 23997 occurrences lie within this time span
International Chronostratigraphic Timescale | Ordovician of North America | ||||||||
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Ordovician | Late Ordovician | Hirnantian | Cincinnatian | Gamachian | 443.8 | ||||
Katian | 445.2 | ||||||||
Richmondian | 446 * | ||||||||
Maysvillian | Rocklandian †/Shermanian/Ashbyan/Kirkfieldian/Blackriveran/Wildernessian/Trentonian/Franklinian | 449.8 * | |||||||
Edenian | 450.4 * | ||||||||
Mohawkian | Chatfieldian | 451.1 * | |||||||
Sandbian | 453 | ||||||||
Turinian | 453.7 * | ||||||||
Whiterockian | Canadian † | Chazyan †/Marmor | 457 * | ||||||
Middle Ordovician | Darriwilian | 458.4 | |||||||
Dapingian | 467.3 | ||||||||
Rangerian | 469.1 * | ||||||||
Early Ordovician | Floian | Ibexian | Blackhillsian | Jeffersonian † | Cassinian † | 470 | |||
Tulean | 473.9 * | ||||||||
Tremadocian | 477.7 | ||||||||
Stairsian | 480.3 * | ||||||||
Skullrockian/Demingian | 482 * | ||||||||
485.4 | |||||||||
487.5 |