Euramerica

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Euramerica canonical 6
Euramerican paleogeographic realm 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient supercontinent
paleogeographic continent
alsoKnownAs Old Red Sandstone Continent
linked to: Old Red Sandstone
associatedWithSedimentaryRecord Old Red Sandstone
brokeUpDuringGeologicEra Mesozoic Era
characterizedBy large continental landmass in equatorial to mid-latitude positions
contributedToAssemblyOf Pangaea
existedBefore 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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Laurentia wasPartOf Euramerica
Laurussia alsoKnownAs Euramerica
subject linked to: Laurussia continent
Equatorial Euramerica partOf Euramerica
subject linked to: equatorial Euramerica
Laurussia alsoKnownAs Euramerica
Laurussia partOf Euramerican paleogeographic realm
linked to: Euramerica