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It comes from the Silures, ancient tribe of South Wales.

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The word "Silurian" comes from the Silures, a Celtic tribe that inhabited Wales during the time when rocks of this age were being studied and classified. The geologist Sir Roderick Murchison named the Silurian period after this tribe in the mid-19th century.

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