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