| 1 | Special Papers In Palaeontology, Number 83, Silurian Conodonts From The Yangtze Platform, South China ( ) | |
| 2 | In addition, in the late Ordovician, Carboniferous and Silurian, tazhong area may have small-scale volcanic activity. | |
| 3 | In the Ordovician, Silurian Period, the Devonian, Carboniferous, the advent of low amphibians and ancient ancient reptiles. | |
| 4 | The Middle Ordovician Llandovery rugose corals are abundant in the Yangtze region, especially in the Early Silurian. | |
| 5 | The first fossil records of vascular plants - that is, land plants with tissue that carries food - appeared in the Silurian period. |