Devonian
419.2 Ma – 358.9 Ma · part of the Paleozoic era
The Devonian, the “Age of Fishes,” saw forests and the first seed plants spread across the land and the first tetrapods crawl ashore. A late mass extinction struck marine life hard.
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Highlights
- First forests and seed plants
- Tetrapods move onto land
- Late Devonian mass extinction