Tremadocian Stage

stratigraphy
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Also known as: Tremadoc Series

Tremadocian Stage, lowermost of the two standard worldwide divisions of the Lower Ordovician Series and lowest of the seven stages within the Ordovician System. It encompasses all rocks formed during the Tremadocian Age, which spanned the interval between 485.4 million and 477.7 million years ago. The name of this stage is derived from Tremadog, a town in North Wales; the characteristics of the stage are based on fossils found in the Tremadoc Slates. Although most non-British geologists have regarded the Tremadocian as the lowermost stage of the Ordovician System, it has been only since 1991 that the British have done ...(100 of 174 words)