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\nA big thank you to our supporters on : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Kapero - Candy - Zarko Obrenovic - Duhilio Patiño - Alberto Bortoni -...\nA big thank you to our supporters on : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Kapero - Candy - Zarko Obrenovic - Duhilio Patiño - Alberto Bortoni - Valentin - Nicholas Buckendorf - Antoine Coeur ___________________________________________ Want to learn more? Here are some keywords to get your googling started: Cambrian Period – Geologists cut the past up into segments. The Cambrian is a geologic \"period\" that lasted from 570-505 million years ago. Ordovician Period – The geologic period that followed the Cambrian and lasted from 505 million years ago to about 440 million years ago. Cambrian Explosion of Life – The evolutionary event (during the Cambrian period) in which the first marine animals diversified into all kinds of different forms. All of the basic body plans – like segmented/non-segmented, asymmetric/symmetric, radial/bilateral – emerged during this time. Great Ordovocian Biodiversification Event (GOBE) – Another big evolutionary event that happened about 40 million years after the Cambrian explosion. Often described as a \"filling out\" of the taxonomic tree, whose main branches sprouted during the Cambrian. Late-Ordovician Extinction – The major mass extinction event at the end of the Ordovician period. Considered by most paleontologists to be one of the 5 biggest mass extinctions since animals first evolved on Earth. Hirnantian Extinction – Another term for the Ordovician Extinction. \"Hirnantian\" refers to the layers of rock (the \"stratigraphic sequence\") that were laid down during a short span of time at the end of the Ordovician. (Geologists break up the stratigraphic record into small chunks called \"stages.\" The Hirnantian is one stage.) Glacial Striations – The parallel scratches in bedrock made as a glacier moves over its surface (the scratches are actually made, not by the ice itself, but by rocks stuck to the bottom of the glacier) Glacial Moraine – The big pile of soil and rocks that glaciers push in front of them as they move. (Note: technically, this is called a \"terminal moraine.\" There are also \"medial\" and \"lateral\" moraines that run along the length of glaciers). Glacial Till – The debris dropped by a glacier/ice sheet when it melts. Usually a big pile of all sizes of rocks, from sand and mud to boulders. Animal of the Ordovician – All the animals still lived in the oceans at this point in Earth's history. Some of the major groups include coral (tabulate and rugose), brachiopods, trilobites, graptolites, and conodonts. ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Emily Elert (@eelert) Script Editor: Kate Yoshida (@KateYoshida) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert) With Contributions From: Henry Reich (@minutephysics), Alex Reich (@alexhreich), David GoldenBerg, Rachel Becker and Peter Reich Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube Get early access to all of our videos on Vessel Support us on Patreon Also, say hello on: Facebook Twitter And find us on itunes ________________________ Image Credits: Ordovician Glacial Striations – Flickr user Sebastian Luening References: Dowdeswell, J. A., Ottesen, D., Rise, L., & Craig, J. (2007). Identification and preservation of landforms diagnostic of past ice-sheet activity on continental shelves from three-dimensional seismic evidence. Geol Geology, 35(4), 359. Ghienne, J. et al (2014). A Cenozoic-style scenario for the end-Ordovician glaciation. Nature Communications Nat Comms, 5, 4485. Harper, D. A., Hammarlund, E. U., & Rasmussen, C. M. (2014). End Ordovician extinctions: A coincidence of causes. Gondwana Research, 25(4), 1294-1307. Heron, D. L., & Craig, J. (2008). First-order reconstructions of a Late Ordovician Saharan ice sheet. Journal of the Geological Society, 165(1), 19-29. Heron, D. P., & Howard, J. (2010). Evidence for Late Ordovician glaciation of Al Kufrah Basin, Libya. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 58(2), 354-364. Krug, A. Z., & Patzkowsky, M. E. (2004). Rapid recovery from the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(51), 17605-17610.\n
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