Silurian · 443.8 – 419.2 Ma
Silurian fossil sites
The Silurian saw life emerge onto land. The first vascular plants and the first jawed fish both appear in Silurian rocks. Wenlock-age limestones in the English West Midlands preserve some of the best-known fossil reefs of any period.
Fossils typical of this period: trilobites (Calymene, Dalmanites), brachiopods, eurypterids (sea scorpions), graptolites, early jawed fish.
9 fossil sites
Updated 27 July 2026
Door County Niagaran Reef Fossil Guide
Wisconsin, United States
Corals, Brachiopods, Gastropods, Cephalopods
Marloes Sands Fossil Hunting Guide
Pembrokeshire
Corals, Brachiopods, Trilobites, Bryozoans
Oakes Quarry Park Fossil Hunting Guide
Ohio, United States
Brachiopods, Crinoids, Corals, Bryozoans
Stockdale Silurian Yorkshire Dales Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Graptolites, Brachiopods, Trilobites, Crinoid columnals
Vinnels Fossil Hunting Guide
England, United Kingdom
Brachiopods, Trilobites, Crinoids, Corals
Wenlock Edge Presthope Shropshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Crinoids, Corals, Brachiopods
Wenlock Quarry Much Wenlock Shropshire Fossil Hunting Guide
United Kingdom
Corals, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Trilobites
Woolshed Creek Fossil Hunting Guide
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Brachiopods, Trilobites, Corals, Bryozoans
Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve Fossil Guide
England, United Kingdom
Trilobites, Calymene (Dudley Bug), Brachiopods, Crinoids