equatorial Euramerica

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Equatorial Euramerica was a tropical, coal-forming landmass of the late Paleozoic era that hosted extensive rainforests before their widespread decline.

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equatorial Euramerica canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf paleocontinent ⓘ
paleogeographic landmass ⓘ
associatedWith glacioeustatic sea-level fluctuations ⓘ
high atmospheric oxygen levels in the Late Paleozoic ⓘ
tropical peat accumulation ⓘ
contributedTo Late Paleozoic coal deposits ⓘ
major Carboniferous coal basins ⓘ
documentedBy coal seam stratigraphy ⓘ
fossil plant assemblages ⓘ
paleomagnetic data ⓘ
experienced loss of tropical wetland habitats ⓘ
widespread rainforest decline ⓘ
formedFrom collision of Laurentia and Baltica-Avalonia regions ⓘ
hasEnvironment coal-forming wetlands ⓘ
humid tropical climate ⓘ
peat-forming mires ⓘ
hasEvent Carboniferous rainforest collapse ⓘ
hasFlora lycopsid-dominated forests ⓘ
seed ferns ⓘ
sphenopsids ⓘ
tree ferns ⓘ
knownFor coal formation ⓘ
extensive coal swamps ⓘ
rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
linkedTo changes in terrestrial vertebrate faunas ⓘ
extinctions and turnovers in tropical plant communities ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Carboniferous ⓘ
Early Permian ⓘ
Late Carboniferous ⓘ
Late Paleozoic ⓘ
Pennsylvanian ⓘ
overlapsWith Laurussia ⓘ
paleobiogeographicSignificance center of Late Paleozoic tropical biodiversity ⓘ
key region for coal-swamp floras ⓘ
paleoclimate tropical ⓘ
paleogeographicPosition equatorial ⓘ
paleogeographicRelation situated near the paleoequator ⓘ
partOf Euramerica ⓘ
precedes assembly of Pangaea as a unified supercontinent ⓘ
researchField paleobotany ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
paleogeography ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
underwent climatic drying during the Late Paleozoic ⓘ
fragmentation of continuous rainforest belts ⓘ

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Carboniferous rainforest collapse → tookPlaceIn → equatorial Euramerica ⓘ