Talk:Pridoli

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The article on Euramerica says that continent formed during the Devonian which is after the Silurian. Experts please check both articles. Proxima Centauri 09:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Googling for "Euramerica" finds pages dating its formation to both of the Silurian and Devonian. I'll look at this more later. (Not that I'm an expert!) Andreas 15:35, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Looking some more, it seems most sources say Silurian. The collision and associated orogeny was a rather drawn-out process, stretching from the Late Ordovician into the Devonian. Exactly at what point Euramerica can be considered to have come into existence is probably definitional - is, say, confluence of continental shelves enough, or do we require dry-land contact?

Anyway, I've changed the Euramerica page to say Silurian. Andreas 17:09, 19 March 2010 (UTC)