Laurussia

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ancient supercontinent paleocontinent

Laurussia, also known as Euramerica, was an ancient Paleozoic supercontinent formed by the collision of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia that later played a key role in the assembly of Pangaea.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Laurussia canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient supercontinent ⓘ
paleocontinent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Euramerica ⓘ
associatedWithOrogeny Acadian orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Variscan orogeny ⓘ
borderedByAncientOcean Paleo-Tethys Ocean ⓘ
Rheic Ocean ⓘ
climate generally warm tropical to subtropical ⓘ
containedCraton Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
containedTerrane Avalonia ⓘ
disappearedByGeologicPeriod Late Paleozoic ⓘ
existedDuringGeologicPeriod Carboniferous period ⓘ
surface form: Carboniferous Period

Devonian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silurian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy geology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
formedByCollisionOf Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
formedInGeologicEon Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
formedInGeologicEra Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedInGeologicPeriod Devonian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silurian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedPresentDayRegion British Isles ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
parts of Western Europe ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
mergedInto supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
overlappedWith Old Red Sandstone ⓘ
surface form: Old Red Sandstone Continent
paleogeographicPosition equatorial regions ⓘ
subtropical regions ⓘ
partOf Euramerica ⓘ
surface form: Euramerican paleogeographic realm
playedRoleInAssemblyOf supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
predecessorOf supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
relatedConcept Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Gondwana ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
riftedFrom Gondwana ⓘ
successorTo Iapetus Ocean closure ⓘ
timeOfMaximumExtent Late Devonian ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Avalonia microcontinent → laterPartOf → Laurussia ⓘ
Avalonia → contributedToFormationOf → Laurussia ⓘ
Age of Fishes → paleogeography → Laurussia ⓘ
equatorial Euramerica → overlapsWith → Laurussia ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Euramerica