Middle & Late Ordovician Climate

(440 million years ago)

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The Late Ordovican was an Ice House World.  The South Polar Ice Cap covered much of Africa and South America.    The climate in North America, Europe, Siberia and the eastern part of Gondwana was warm and sunny.  MAP LEGEND

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