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Also known as Devonian Period, Devonian System

geologisk period

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The Devonian is a major chapter in Earth's history that lasted about 60.7 million years during the Paleozoic era, occurring roughly 419 to 359 million years ago. Scientists named it after Devon in South West England, where they first identified and studied rocks from this ancient time period.

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Geologic timespan.name: Devonian
Geologic timespan.color: Devonian
Geologic timespan.time_start: 419.62
Geologic timespan.time_start_uncertainty: 1.36
Geologic timespan.time_end: 358.9
Geologic timespan.time_end_uncertainty: 0.4
Geologic timespan.image_map: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 390 Ma (Eifelian Age).png
Geologic timespan.caption_map: A map of Earth as it appeared 390 million years ago during the Middle Devonian Epoch
Geologic timespan.timeline: Devonian
Geologic timespan.name_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.nicknames: Age of Fishes
Geologic timespan.celestial_body: earth
Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Period
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: System
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: FAD of the Graptolite Uncinatograptus uniformis

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Instance of: system
Has part: Late Devonian
Named after: Devon
Followed by: Carboniferous
Follows: Silurian
Image: Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 390 Ma (Eifelian Age).png

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Commons category: Devonian
topic's main category: Category:Devonian
start time: 419200000-
end time: 358900000-
sRGB color hex triplet: CB8C37
different from: Devon
named by: Adam Sedgwick
IPA transcription: /dəˈvoʊni.ən/
P8168: Turati

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Devon (uttalas [deˈvoːn]) är en geologisk period i mellersta paleozoikum som följer efter silur och före karbon. Perioden varade för cirka 419–359 miljoner år sedan.

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