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Devonian
Devonian De*vo"ni*an, a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. Devonian age (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the Age of fishes. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology.
Devonian
Devonian De*vo"ni*an, n. The Devonian age or formation.

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- The Devonian (/dəˈvoʊni.ən, dɛ-/ də-VOH-nee-ən, deh-) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million...
- Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Late Devonian extinction consisted of several extinction events in the Late Devonian Epoch, which collectively represent...
- timescale, the Middle Devonian epoch (from 393.3 ± 1.2 million years ago to 382.7 ± 1.6 million years ago) occurred during the Devonian period, after the...
- Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era. Devonian may also refer to: Devonian Gardens (Calgary), an indoor near Calgary, Canada...
- The Balili Conservation Park or Devonian Reef Conservation Park is an Australian protected area and is located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia...
- Ordovician Period, at 443.1 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, 419.62 Mya. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of the...
- The Southwestern Brittonic languages (Breton: Predeneg ar mervent, Cornish: Brythonek Dyghowbarthgorlewin) are the Brittonic Celtic languages spoken in...
- trilobite referred to the species Dipleura dekayi is described from the Devonian Floresta Formation (Colombia) by Carvalho (2018). A study on the phylogenetic...
- The Great Devonian Controversy began in 1834 when Roderick Murchison disagreed with Henry De la Beche as to the dating of certain petrified plants found...
- time in particular the Devonian, which has been dubbed the "age of fishes" for the many changes during that period. The Late Devonian extinctions pla**** a...