Paleozoic Europe

mountain-building era

Collision of tectonic plates resulting in the creation of mountains

thumb|upright=1.35|Current extent of Avalonia highlighted in yellow Avalonia was a microcontinent in the Paleozoic era. Crustal fragments of this former microcontinent are terranes in parts of the eastern coast of North America: Atlantic Canada, and parts of the East Coast of the United States. In addition, terranes derived from Avalonia also make up portions of Northwestern Europe, being found in England, Wales and parts of Ireland.

historic ocean

REDIRECT Laurasia#Euramerica/Laurussia

ocean on the margin of Gondwana between the Middle Cambrian and Late Triassic

the east-west running rift in the Sarmatian Craton

Extinct genus of bivalves

continent

ancient tectonic plate