The Paleontology of North America

The Silurian in Idaho, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:

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

Silurian Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

The Silurian record in Idaho is rather sparse; apparently most of the state was above sea level, and any terrestrial deposits have since been removed by erosion. There are some early Silurian marine sediments in central and southeastern Idaho (included as undifferentiated on this map) that contain a modest fauna of brachiopods, gastropods, corals, graptolites, and crinoids.

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