But once Gondwana took up its polar position in the late Ordovician, massive glaciers formed over Africa at the supercontinent's center. This heralded a 20-million-year ice age during which ...

The colonization of land by vascular plants, such as Cooksonia, occurred in the Ordovician period. The Devonian period (419 to 358 million years ago) brought Gondwana and Laurasia closer ...

The supercontinent of Gondwana was still positioned over the South Pole but the vast icecaps of the late Ordovician period melted almost to nothing. Sediments formed from massive quantities of ...

especially over the southern supercontinent Gondwana, which was positioned near the South Pole during the Ordovician. As one of the coldest periods in Earth's history, the Hirnantian Icehouse ...

It is hoped that this study will further our understanding of the marine influence during the deposition of these sediments. Work is still continuing on Ordovician traces from Gondwana. International ...

Chhattisgarh's Gondwana marine fossil park in the MCB district, established in March 2022, showcases fossils from over 280 million years ago. It is the largest marine fossil park in Asia.