Euramerica (also known as Laurussia) was a minor supercontinent created in the Devonian by the collision of Laurentia and Baltica. Euramerica became part of the major supercontinent Pangaea in the Permian. In the Jurassic, the major supercontinent Pangæa rifted into two minor supercontinents Gondwana and Laurasia. Euramerica was part of the minor supercontinent Laurasia. In the Cretaceous, the minor supercontinent Laurasia rifted into the continentNorth America and the minor supercontinent Eurasia. North America kept the Laurentian craton, while Eurasia kept the Baltican craton; thus ending Euramerica.
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Information about Euramerica (http://Mdgekko.Com/devonian/who/pages/euramerica.html), including a map (Mdgekko.Com).
Most of these blocks were assembled by a series of plate collisions into the super continents of Laurussia [the Old Red continent] by the Devonian and Laurasia by the Pennsylvanian.
Meanwhile the remains of Rodinia, Gondwana, rotated clockwise and moved northward to collide with Laurasia -- the result was the super continent Pangaea [all land].
Laurussia and Siberia collide to form Laurasia; meanwhile Gondwana collides from the south.
The Early Carboniferous collision of Gondwana with Laurussia marked the onset of the Hercynian orogenic cycle and the ensuing reorganization of plate boundaries.
During the Carboniferous, the West Siberian Craton rotated away from the northern margin of Laurussia and began to converge with the Kazakhstan Craton and the eastern margin of Fennosarmatia.
Consolidation of the Himalayan-type Variscan fold belt, in response to the dextral oblique collision of Gondwana and Laurussia, was accompanied by important wrench deformations, oroclinal bending, and the rotation of individual blocks.
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