Lower Ordovician
General info
Belongs to
Type chronostratigraphy
Rank Series
Scope global
Status formal standard
Age top (Ma) 470
Age base (Ma) 485.4
Index
O1
Alt. index
O1
Date added 2003-03-23
Date changed 2022-11-04
Stratotypes
LocalityTypeFrom (m)1To (m)2ReferenceRemarks
Green Point Section, western Newfoundland
boundary stratotype
101.8 Cooper et al., 2001 GSSP for the Tremadocian Stage
ReferenceContentYear1PagesRemarks
Gradstein et al., 2004
2004
Gradstein et al., 2012
2012
Cooper et al., 2001 GSSP proposal
2001
Goldman et al., 2020
2020
630-694