Devonian Synonyms

dĭ-vōnē-ən
From 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Devonian period
  2. Age of Fishes

Words Related to Devonian

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. triassic
  2. carboniferous
  3. permian
  4. eocene
  5. ordovician
  6. cretaceous
  7. miocene
  8. lower-cretaceous
  9. pliocene
  10. precambrian
  11. oligocene
  12. upper-cretaceous
  13. palaeogene
  14. neoproterozoic
  15. paleozoic

Devonian Sentence Examples

  • The Devonian system includes a complex series of deposits, which are of most interest in eastern Australia.

  • The Upper Devonian was a period of marine retreat; the crustal disturbances of the Lower Devonian were renewed and great quartz-pebble beaches were formed on the rising shore lines, producing the West Coast Range conglomerates of Tasmania, and the similar rocks to the south-east of Mansfield in Victoria.

  • The coal-seams must have been formed in wellwatered, lowland forests, at the foot of a high mountain range, built up by the Devonian earth movements.

  • The oldest rocks of Elba consist of schist and serpentine which in the eastern part of the island are overlaid by beds containing Silurian and Devonian fossils.

  • The Devonian dolomites, limestones and red sandstones cover immense tracts and appear on the surface over a much wider area.

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