The Paleontology of North America

The Silurian 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

Silurian Fossils
Fossil photos from Silurian in New Hampshire

Paleontology and geology

Rocks of this time interval are metamorphic and igneous. They contain no fossils. Fossil evidence from neighboring states suggests that what is now New Hampshire was covered by a shallow sea during the Silurian.

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