The Paleontology of North America

The Devonian in Massachusetts, 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

Devonian Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

During the Devonian, a phase of mountain building (the Acadian Orogeny) occurred in Massachusetts and the surrounding region. Rocks formed during this time interval are exposed in a number of areas throughout central and eastern Massachusetts. They are primarily metamorphic and igneous rocks and contain no fossils.
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