The Ludfordian age (425-423 Ma) occurs during the Ludlow Epoch of the Silurian Period. It occurs after the Gorstian Age and before the Pridoli Epoch.
425.0±1.5–422.7±1.6 Ma
Record of tracheids ~425 Ma, and therefore more evidence of vascular plants, in the fossil record (Edwards & Davies 1976)
Macivera gracilis, a zosterophyll from Canada (Kotyk et al., 2002)