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Paleocontinent

Paleocontinent logo #21000 A paleocontinent or palaeocontinent is a distinct area of continental crust that existed as a major landmass in the geological past. Examples include Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia, which collided together during the Caledonian orogeny to form the Old Red Sandstone paleocontinent of Laurussia. ...
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paleocontinent logo #21003(from the article `Silurian Period`) Much of North America (including Greenland), northwestern Ireland, Scotland, and the Chukotskiy Peninsula of northeastern Russia belonged to the ...
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