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Timeline of Silurian research

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Timeline of Silurian research

This timeline of Silurian research is a chronological listing of events in the history of geology and paleontology focused on the study of earth during the span of time lasting from 443.4–419.2 million years ago and the legacies of this period in the rock and fossil records.

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19th century

1825

  • De Kay described the new genus Eurypterus.

    • 1844

  • Agassiz described the new genus Pterygotus.

    • 1859

  • Dawson described the new genus Prototaxites .

    • 20th century

    1937

  • W. H. Lang described the new genus Cooksonia.

    • 1972

  • Kjellesvig-Waering described the new genus Brontoscorpio.

    • 21st century

    2010

  • Gonez and Gerrienne emended genus Cooksonia described by W. H. Lang in 1937.

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