The Paleontology of North America

The Ordovician in Connecticut, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Ordovician Fossils
Fossil photos from Ordovician in Connecticut

Paleontology and geology

Granite from the Late Ordovician is common in Connecticut and occurs as intrusions referred to as the Candlewood Granite. Granite is an igneous rock and does not contain fossils.
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