Kirkfieldian age

457.3 - 449.6 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale Ordovician of North America is taken from the following source:

  • M. Kretzoi. 1942. Necroteuthis n. g. (Ceph. Dibr., Necroteuthidae N. F.) aus dem Oligozän von Budapest und das system der Dibranchiata. Földtani Közlöny 72:125-238 view

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A total of 5269 collections with 42772 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic TimescaleOrdovician of North America
OrdovicianLate OrdovicianHirnantianCincinnatianGamachian443.1
Katian445.2
Richmondian445.5
MaysvillianRocklandian †/Shermanian/Ashbyan/Kirkfieldian/Blackriveran/Wildernessian/Trentonian/Franklinian449.6
Edenian450.2
MohawkianChatfieldian451
Sandbian452.8
Turinian453.8
WhiterockianCanadian †Chazyan †/Marmor457.3
Middle OrdovicianDarriwilian458.2
Dapingian469.4
Rangerian470.3
Early OrdovicianFloianIbexianBlackhillsianJeffersonian †Cassinian †471.3
Tulean475.3 *
Tremadocian477.1
Stairsian481.7 *
Skullrockian/Demingian483.4 *
486.85 *
488.9