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Orosirian

Proterozoic

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The third period of the Paleoproterozoic era, spanning 2.05 billion to 1.8 billion years ago. Some of Earth's earliest global scale continent-continent collision belts developed during the Orosirian, building mountain ranges as early continental fragments assembled toward the supercontinent Columbia.

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Rank
Period 1
Start (Million Years Ago)
2050 1
End (Million Years Ago)
1800 1
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Rhyacian, Eras

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Part Of

Paleoproterozoic, Eras

Precursor To

Statherian, Eras
Sources
1. Paleoproterozoic (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTable of Paleoproterozoic periods
Quote, Table of Paleoproterozoic periods
earliest global-scale continent-continent collision belts developed
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