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The Silurian system was first identified by the Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison, who was examining fossil-bearing sedimentary rock strata in south Wales in the early 1830s. He named the sequences for a Celtic tribe of Wales, the Silures , inspired by his friend Adam Sedgwick , who had named the period of his study the Cambrian , from a ...
This timeline of Silurian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of Earth during the span of time lasting from 443.4–419.2 million years ago; the Silurian, and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.
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The Salina Group or Salina Formation is a Late Silurian-age, Stratigraphic unit of sedimentary rock that is found in Northeastern and Midwestern North America.Named for its Halite beds, the phrase "Salina Group" was first used as a descriptive term by James D. Dana in 1863.
This category contains events which happened in the Silurian, ... Silurian North America (5 C, 1 P) ... Timeline of Silurian research; V.
Pages in category "Silurian trilobites of North America" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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View history; General ... Silurian System of North America (25 P) ... Silurian System by paleolatitude (3 C) Pages in category "Silurian System"