Topic > The area between Gondwana and Euramerica set in motion a great collision that would eventually bring the two continents together to form the massive single continent, Pangea (Rice). In addition to broad global changes, many important regional activities occurred. The continents of North America and Europe collided, resulting in massive granite formations and the formation of the Appalachian Mountains located on the eastern side of the North American continent. Extensive reef building has produced some of the largest coral complexes in the world (“More on the Devonian World”). These coral reefs were built in the equatorial seas between the two pre-existing continents...... middle of paper ......oreinfo5.htmRice, Stanley A. "Devonian". Science online. File Web Facts, Inc.. April 25, 2012. http://www.fofweb.comKusky, Timothy. "Devonian." Science online. File Web Facts, Inc.. April 25, 2012. http://www.fofweb.com University of California Museum of Paleonto (lead author); C Michael Hogan (subject editor) "Devonian". In: Encyclopedia of the Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, DC: Coalition for Environmental Information, National Council on Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth on January 22, 2010; Date of last revision: November 17, 2011; Retrieved April 25, 2012 http://www.eoearth.org/article/DevonianSallan, Lauren Cole, and Michael I. Coates. "The end-Devonian extinction and a bottleneck in the early evolution of modern jawed vertebrates". Diss. University of Cambridge, 2010. 17 May 2010. Web. 25 April 2012. http://www.pnas.org
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