Laurussia

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Laurussia canonical 7
Laurussia to the north 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Age of Fishes → paleogeography → Laurussia ⓘ
Equatorial Euramerica → overlapsWith → Laurussia ⓘ
subject linked to: equatorial Euramerica
Rheic Ocean → separated → Laurussia ⓘ
Rheic Ocean → relatedTo → Laurussia ⓘ
Rheic Ocean → boundedBy → Laurussia to the north ⓘ
linked to: Laurussia