Wenlock Epoch

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• Wenlock Series — ▪ geology       the second of four main divisions (in ascending order) of the Silurian (Silurian Period) System, representing those rocks deposited worldwide during the Wenlock Epoch (428.2–422.9 million years ago). Its name is derived from the… …   Universalium

• Wenlock — 1. adjective Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals. 2. noun The Wenlock epoch …   Wiktionary

• Much Wenlock — For the geological epoch, see Wenlock epoch. Coordinates: 52°35′48″N 2°33′29″W / 52.5966°N 2.5580°W / 52.5966; 2.5580 …   Wikipedia

• Silurian Period — Interval of geologic time, 443–417 million years ago. The third period of the Paleozoic Era, the Silurian follows the Ordovician Period and precedes the Devonian. It marks the first appearance of land plants and jawed fishes. The continents were… …   Universalium

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

• New Zealand geologic time scale — While also using the international Geologic time scale, many nations especially those with isolated and therefore non standard prehistories use their own system of dividing geologic time into epochs and faunal stages. In New Zealand, these epochs …   Wikipedia

• Cooksonia — Temporal range: Wenlock to Early Devonian[1][2] …   Wikipedia

• Pneumodesmus newmani — Taxobox | name = Pneumodesmus newmani status = fossil image width = 240px image caption = Photomicrograph of the type specimen fossil range = Fossil range|428Late Silurian regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Myriapoda classis =… …   Wikipedia

• Rudolf Ruedemann — Rudolf Ruedemann, Ph.D. (October 16, 1864 ndash;June 18, 1956) was an American paleontologist, born at Georgenthal (Germany). He was educated in Europe at Jena (Ph.D., 1887), and at Strassburg (Ph.D., 1889) where he was an assistant in geology… …   Wikipedia

• Silurian — Geological period from=444 middle=429 to=416 o2=14 co2=4500 temp=17The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago), to the beginning of the Devonian period …   Wikipedia

• Geologic time scale — This clock representation shows some of the major units of geological time and definitive events of Earth history. The Hadean eon represents the time before fossil record of life on Earth; its upper boundary is now regarded as 4.0 Ga.[1] Other… …   Wikipedia