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The succeeding Devonian Period saw the whole Northern Himalayan area under the waters of the Tethys which, eastward, extended to
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895
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About 1 percent of natural gas in the United States comes from tapping shale gas formed in the Devonian Period, more than 350 million years ago.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010
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With his wife, he worked out a more precise age for the rock formation using microscopic fossils, which suggested the trackways were made 395 million years ago, in the middle of the Devonian Period.
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At that time the specimens were thought to be the oldest spider fossils known, dating back to the Devonian Period, about 380 million years ago.
The Times of India 2009
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This creature lived about 370 million years ago during the late Devonian Period, also called the "Age of Fishes."
unknown title 2009
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This creature lived about 370 million years ago during the late Devonian Period, also called the "Age of Fishes."
unknown title 2009
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This creature lived about 370 million years ago during the late Devonian Period, also called the "Age of Fishes."
unknown title 2009
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