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What's The Definition Of Devonian?
[n] from 345 million to 405 million years ago; dominance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
Synonyms | Synonyms for Devonian: Age of Fishes | Devonian period Related Terms | Find terms related to Devonian: See Also | geological period | Paleozoic | Paleozoic era | period Devonian In Webster's Dictionary \De*vo"ni*an\, a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the
Devonian rocks, period, or system.
{Devonian age} (Geol.), the age next older than the
Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also
the {Age of fishes}. The various strata of this age
compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the
old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides
plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of
many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See
the Diagram under {Geology}.
\De*vo"ni*an\, n. The Devonian age or formation. |
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