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DEVONIAN PARK By: Uxía Méndez and Raquel Ruda 4ºB DEVONIAN PARK It is a geologic period of the Paleozoic era, and it is located between the Silurian period and the Carboniferous period. The word ‘Devon‘comes from England, where it is very common to find rocks which appeared during this period. The Devonian period was the first time in which terrestrial animals appeared (amphibians and reptiles); some new plants came out too. In this era, fish appeared, being the sharks the most predominant…

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an artist's rendering of some plants and animals

Permian of Russia In this somewhat dry setting near a lake, there is a group of Araucaria trees and in the middle distance some proto-gymnosperm trees (noeggerathialian). There are also some cycads and equisetums. A pair of Dimedrodons (Synapsids) bask in the sun. In the extreme foreground resting on the growing tip of a horsetail (equisetum) is a caloneurodean (Paleuthygramma tenuicornis, Paleuthygrammatidae) (these grew to 24mm). Below left, resting on a rock there is a small arachnid of…

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an artist's rendering of fish swimming in the water, with other animals nearby

The Devonian (/dɛˈvoʊn.i.ən/ deh-VOH-nee-ən)[5] is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, 358.9 Mya. It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied.

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a painting with dinosaurs and other animals in it

The Permian* was a time of specialization for marine fauna, with major diversifications of ammonoids, brachiopods and bryozoans. A slab exhibiting some of the richness of this fauna is on display. Insects, amphibians, and therapsids (the precursors of mammals) flourished during this time. Reptiles began to flourish in water and on land. During the middle of the Permian there

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