The Paleontology of North America

The Ordovician in South Carolina, 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 South Carolina

Paleontology and geology

During the Ordovician, mountain-building activity centered north of South Carolina caused widespread metamorphism of the existing rocks. As a result, there are no fossils known from Ordovician rocks in South Carolina.
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