The dry mountain ranges of the western United States contain rocks dating back 440 to 510 million years, to the Ordovician period, and teeming with evidence of tropical marine life.
美国西部干燥的山脉包含了距今4.4亿至5.1亿年前的奥陶纪岩石，其中充斥着热带海洋生物生存的迹象。
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The Ordovician ice age happened 444 million years ago, and records have suggested that CO2 levels were relatively high then.
奥陶纪冰河时期发生在4.44亿年前，有记录表明其CO2含量较高。
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However, some researchers believe that a GRB was responsible for the Ordovician mass extinction approximately 450 million years ago.