| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:geological_formation 
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                                | gptkbp:climate | generally warm and stable 
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                                | gptkbp:containsEpoch | gptkb:Llandovery_epoch gptkb:Ludlow_epoch
 gptkb:Pridoli_epoch
 gptkb:Wenlock_epoch
 
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                                | gptkbp:continent | Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia, Gondwana 
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                                | gptkbp:duration | about 24.6 million years 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | about 419.2 million years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Ordovician_period 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Wales,_United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:majorExtinction | no major extinction event 
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                                | gptkbp:marineLife | coral reefs expanded eurypterids (sea scorpions) thrived
 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Silures 
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                                | gptkbp:namedFor | gptkb:Roderick_Murchison 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | diversification of early terrestrial plants first appearance of jawed fish
 stabilization of Earth's climate after Ordovician-Silurian extinction
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Paleozoic_era 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Devonian_period 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | about 443.8 million years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:stratotype | gptkb:Wenlock_Edge,_England 
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                                | gptkbp:terrestrialLife | early terrestrial arthropods appeared first vascular plants appeared
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Niagara_Escarpment gptkb:Scorpions
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Silurian period 
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