Laurussia continent

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Paleozoic supercontinent ancient continent paleogeographic landmass

Laurussia was an ancient Paleozoic supercontinent formed by the collision of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia, occupying equatorial to mid-latitude regions and playing a key role in Devonian terrestrial and marine environments.

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Label Occurrences
Laurussia continent canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleozoic supercontinent ⓘ
ancient continent ⓘ
paleogeographic landmass ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Euramerica ⓘ
associatedWithOrogeny Acadian orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
borders Iapetus Ocean remnants ⓘ
Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
Rheic Ocean ⓘ
collisionEventType continent–continent collision ⓘ
containsTerranesFrom Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
contributedToFormationOf supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
existedDuringPeriod Carboniferous period ⓘ
surface form: Carboniferous Period

Devonian Period ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
surface form: Silurian Period
formedByCollisionOf Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
formedDuringPeriod Early Devonian ⓘ
surface form: Early Devonian Period

Silurian ⓘ
surface form: Silurian Period
geologicEon Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
geologicEra Paleozoic Era ⓘ
hosted diverse Devonian reef systems ⓘ
early forest ecosystems ⓘ
early tetrapod habitats ⓘ
major Devonian river systems ⓘ
influenced Devonian climate patterns ⓘ
Devonian sedimentary basins ⓘ
distribution of early terrestrial vertebrates ⓘ
distribution of early vascular plants ⓘ
modernRemnantsInclude British Isles ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
parts of Western and Central Europe ⓘ
paleogeographicSetting Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
proto-Atlantic realm ⓘ
paleolatitudeRange equatorial regions ⓘ
mid-latitude regions ⓘ
partOfTectonicHistoryOf Earth ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn Devonian marine environments ⓘ
Devonian terrestrial environments ⓘ
predecessorOf Euramerican segments of Pangaea ⓘ
successorInRegion supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
tectonicProcess continental suturing ⓘ
plate convergence ⓘ
timeOfMaximumExtent Middle Devonian ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Devonian Period → paleogeography → Laurussia continent ⓘ