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Top: Science: Earth_Sciences: Paleontology: By_Geological_Interval: Paleozoic: Devonian
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Submissions for this category should relate to the animal and plant life of the Devonian period.
Of particular utility would be sites dealing with aspects of Devonian paleontology that are not currently well covered in the category.
Sites relating to the tectonics, stratigraphy, geography, climate or other aspects of the era may be added to in order to provide a more complete view of Paleozoic Earth. However, most of these sites would be better submitted to another category such as:
Science/Earth_Sciences/ Paleogeography_and_Paleoclimatology
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The Devonian Period, 410 to 360 million years ago, is best known as the "age of fishes".While it's true that fish experienced an explosive radiation at this time, it also marked a major change in the terrestrial ecosystem as life began to move wholesale from the water to the land.
This period saw the widespread colonization of the land by vascular plants and the formation of the first forests, while beneath their spreading branches the newly evolved tetrapod animals took their first tentative steps out of the water.
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