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Paleozoic History Timeline

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1. First synapsids evolve.






2. The evolution of the first reptiles.






3. First agnathan fish.






4. First synapsids evolve.






5. Possible early land animals.






6. First amniotes evolve.






7. First crabs and ferns.






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






9. First large sharks - ratfish and hagfish.






10. First therapsids evolve.






11. First agnathan fish.






12. First crabs and ferns.






13. First jawless fishes.






14. First large sharks - ratfish and hagfish.






15. 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.






16. First jawless fishes.






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






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






19. First graptolites.






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






21. The evolution of the first reptiles.






22. First of many modern groups - including tetrapods.






23. First cephalopods and chitons.






24. 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.






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






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






27. First graptolites.






28. Fossilization of the Burgess Shale.






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






30. First amniotes evolve.






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. First therapsids evolve.






35. First diapsids evolve.






36. 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






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






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






39. Fossilization of the Burgess Shale.






40. First of many modern groups - including tetrapods.






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






42. Possible early land animals.






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






44. First toothed fish and nautiloids.






45. 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.






46. First cephalopods and chitons.






47. First toothed fish and nautiloids.






48. First diapsids evolve.