The Paleontology of North America

The Devonian in New Hampshire, 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
Fossil photos from Devonian in New Hampshire

Paleontology and geology

During an episode of mountain building, referred to as the Acadian Orogeny, igneous rocks were formed and older rocks were metamorphosed. These igneous and metamorphic rocks contain no fossils.

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