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The 31 pages that link to Silurian, each with the reason it gives.

• XylemRelated: Early fossil evidence of vascular plants and conducting tissues comes from the Silurian.

• DevonianCompared with: Its environments and early land ecosystems set the stage for Devonian changes.

• PaleozoicBroader topic: Following the Ordovician extinction, marine ecosystems recovered and plants spread onto land.

• ScorpionBroader topic: Fossils from this period document some of the oldest known scorpions.

• LycophyteNarrower topic: Early lycophyte relatives appear in the fossil record during this period.

• OrdovicianRelated: Its rocks record recovery and ecological change after the Ordovician extinction.

• OstracodermRelated: Ostracoderm diversity expanded in Silurian seas.

• Jawless fishRelated: Jawless vertebrates diversified in Silurian seas, alongside the earliest known jawed fishes.

• CooksoniaRelated: Some of the oldest Cooksonia fossils come from Silurian deposits.

• BalticaRelated: Silurian rocks record the consequences of Baltica’s collision with Laurentia.

• EurypteridRelated: Eurypterids diversified greatly during the Silurian, when many iconic forms lived.

• CentipedeRelated: Myriapod fossils from this period help trace the early history of land-dwelling arthropods.

• MillipedeRelated: Some of the earliest evidence associated with millipedes dates to the Silurian.

• PlacodermRelated: Early placoderm fossils occur in Silurian rocks.

• GnathostomataRelated: The earliest widely accepted jawed-vertebrate fossils appear in Silurian rocks.

• GotlandRelated: Silurian limestones underlie much of Gotland and shape its terrain.

• LaurussiaNarrower topic: Laurussia took shape during this period.

• PteraspidomorphiRelated: Pteraspidomorph fossils document diversification during this interval.

• Roderick MurchisonBroader topic: Murchison defined this system from Welsh rock sequences, giving it a lasting place in the geological time scale.

• RhyniophyteRelated: The earliest vascular plants emerged before the best-known rhyniophyte fossils.

• AcanthodiiRelated: The earliest acanthodian fossils appear in the Silurian record.

• ThelodontiRelated: Thelodonts are especially well represented in Silurian marine deposits.

• TrigonotarbidaNarrower topic: The earliest known trigonotarbids appear in Silurian deposits.

• ZosterophyllNarrower topic: Zosterophylls appeared during the Silurian expansion of vascular land plants.

• GaleaspidaNarrower topic: Some galeaspids lived during this period of early jawless-fish diversification.

• PolysporangiophyteNarrower topic: Polysporangiophytes appear in the fossil record during this period.

• AnaspidaRelated: Many known anaspids lived during this period.

• EurypterusRelated: Silurian rocks preserve many of the fossils assigned to Eurypterus.

• Late Ordovician mass extinctionNarrower topic: Its ecosystems developed after the extinction’s losses and environmental disruption.

• Percé RockRelated: Silurian strata are part of the ancient bedrock exposed around Percé.

• TrimerophytopsidaNarrower topic: The earliest vascular-plant history leading toward trimerophytes began in this period.