The Paleontology of the midwest

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The Silurian in Minnesota, US

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See exposures in this state from the:

Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Silurian Fossils
Fossil photos from Silurian in Minnesota

Paleontology and geology

There are no rocks from the Silurian known in Minnesota. This was a time of widespread exposure of the continent, and erosion has removed any Silurian rocks and fossils that might have been deposited.


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