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Paleozoic History Timeline

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1. First crabs and ferns.






2. First synapsids evolve.






3. Plants and arthropods colonize the land. Sharks evolve.






4. First large sharks - ratfish and hagfish.






5. Beginning of the Carboniferous and the end of Devonian period. Amphibians diversify.






6. Beginning of the Ordovician and the end of the Cambrian period.






7. First creature took a breath of air.First ray-finned fish and land scorpions.






8. First graptolites.






9. First amniotes evolve.






10. First graptolites.






11. Beginning of the Devonian and end of the Silurian period.First insects.






12. The evolution of the first reptiles.






13. First jawless fishes.






14. First agnathan fish.






15. First therapsids evolve.






16. End of Carboniferous and beginning of Permian Period. By this time - all continents have fused into the supercontinent of Pangaea. Beetles evolve. Seed plants and conifers diversify along with temnospondyls and pelycosaurs.






17. First synapsids evolve.






18. The evolution of the first reptiles.






19. Beginning of the Silurian and the end of the Ordovician period.






20. First diapsids evolve.






21. Permian mass extinction. End of Permian Period and of the Palaeozoic Era. Beginning of Triassic Period - the Mesozoic era and of the age of the dinosaurs.






22. First amniotes evolve.






23. First toothed fish and nautiloids.






24. Beginning of the Ordovician and the end of the Cambrian period.






25. First agnathan fish.






26. Permian mass extinction. End of Permian Period and of the Palaeozoic Era. Beginning of Triassic Period - the Mesozoic era and of the age of the dinosaurs.






27. First jawless fishes.






28. End of Carboniferous and beginning of Permian Period. By this time - all continents have fused into the supercontinent of Pangaea. Beetles evolve. Seed plants and conifers diversify along with temnospondyls and pelycosaurs.






29. Beginning of the Cambrian period - the Paleozoic Era and the Phanerozoic (current) Eon. End of the Ediacaran Period - the Proterozoic Eon and the Precambrian Supereon. Time since the Cambrian explosion the emergence of most forms of complex life - in






30. Plants and arthropods colonize the land. Sharks evolve.






31. First cephalopods and chitons.






32. Fossilization of the Burgess Shale.






33. First crabs and ferns.






34. First diapsids evolve.






35. First of many modern groups - including tetrapods.






36. Beginning of the Silurian and the end of the Ordovician period.






37. Possible early land animals.






38. First large sharks - ratfish and hagfish.






39. Possible early land animals.






40. Beginning of the Devonian and end of the Silurian period.First insects.






41. First toothed fish and nautiloids.






42. First of many modern groups - including tetrapods.






43. First therapsids evolve.






44. Beginning of the Cambrian period - the Paleozoic Era and the Phanerozoic (current) Eon. End of the Ediacaran Period - the Proterozoic Eon and the Precambrian Supereon. Time since the Cambrian explosion the emergence of most forms of complex life - in






45. First cephalopods and chitons.






46. Beginning of the Carboniferous and the end of Devonian period. Amphibians diversify.






47. First creature took a breath of air.First ray-finned fish and land scorpions.






48. Fossilization of the Burgess Shale.