Kirkfieldian age

457 - 449.8 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

The top and bottom ages have 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.

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This interval is used in the definition of 56 collections

A total of 5260 collections with 42585 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic TimescaleOrdovician of North AmericaOrdovician of Australia
OrdovicianLate OrdovicianHirnantianCincinnatianGamachianBolindian443.8
Katian445.2
Richmondian446 *
Eastonian449 *
MaysvillianRocklandian †/Shermanian/Ashbyan/Kirkfieldian/Blackriveran/Wildernessian/Trentonian/Franklinian449.8 *
Edenian450.4 *
MohawkianChatfieldian451.1 *
Gisbornian452 *
Sandbian453
Turinian453.7 *
WhiterockianCanadian †Chazyan †/Marmor457 *
Middle OrdovicianDarriwilianDarriwilian458.4
DapingianYapeenian467.3
Castlemainian468.5 *
Rangerian469.1 *
Early OrdovicianFloianIbexianBlackhillsianJeffersonian †Cassinian †Chewtonian470
Bendigonian471.8 *
Lancefieldian473.5 *
Tulean473.9 *
Tremadocian477.7
Stairsian480.3 *
Skullrockian/Demingian482 *
Warendian482.8 *
485.4
487.5