Euramerica

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ancient supercontinent paleogeographic continent

Euramerica was an ancient Paleozoic-era supercontinent formed by the collision of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia, which later contributed to the assembly of Pangaea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Euramerica canonical 6
Euramerican paleogeographic realm 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient supercontinent ⓘ
paleogeographic continent ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Red Sandstone ⓘ
surface form: Old Red Sandstone Continent
associatedWithSedimentaryRecord Old Red Sandstone ⓘ
brokeUpDuringGeologicEra Mesozoic Era ⓘ
characterizedBy large continental landmass in equatorial to mid-latitude positions ⓘ
contributedToAssemblyOf supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
existedBefore supercontinent Pangaea ⓘ
surface form: Pangaea
formedByCollisionOf Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
formedInGeologicPeriod Devonian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silurian Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateTimeSpan from late Silurian to early Permian ⓘ
importantFor reconstruction of Paleozoic paleogeography ⓘ
locatedInGeologicEon Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
locatedInGeologicEra Paleozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor combination of Europe and North America ⓘ
partOfTectonicHistoryOf Earth ⓘ
playedRoleIn Acadian orogeny ONNED1 ⓘ
Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Variscan orogeny ⓘ
precededBy Avalonia ⓘ
Baltica ⓘ
Laurentia ⓘ
spannedPresentDayRegion British Isles ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Avalonia microcontinent → laterPartOf → Euramerica ⓘ
Laurentia → wasPartOf → Euramerica ⓘ
Avalonia → contributedToFormationOf → Euramerica ⓘ
Laurussia continent → alsoKnownAs → Euramerica ⓘ
subject surface form: Laurussia
equatorial Euramerica → partOf → Euramerica ⓘ
subject surface form: Equatorial Euramerica
Laurussia → alsoKnownAs → Euramerica ⓘ
Laurussia → partOf → Euramerica ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euramerican paleogeographic realm