The Paleontology of North America

The Precambrian in Tennessee, US

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

Precambrian Fossils

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Paleontology and geology

Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks are exposed in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border of Tennessee. The sediments that became the metamorphic rocks were initially deposited in a deep-water basin off the coast of the early North American continent.

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