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Paleozoic animals by geological period (6 C) I. Paleozoic invertebrates (16 C, 11 P) V. Paleozoic vertebrates (8 C) Pages in category "Paleozoic animals"
The Paleozoic (/ ˌ p æ l i. ə ˈ z oʊ. ɪ k,-i. oʊ-, ˌ p eɪ-/ PAL-ee-ə-ZOH-ik, -ee-oh-, PAY-; [1] or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. . Beginning 538.8 million years ago (Ma), it succeeds the Neoproterozoic (the last era of the Proterozoic Eon) and ends 251.9 Ma at the start of the Mesozoic Er
Palaeozoology, also spelled as Paleozoology (Greek: παλαιόν, palaeon "old" and ζῷον, zoon "animal"), is the branch of paleontology, paleobiology, or zoology dealing with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems.
Category: Paleozoic animals by geological period. 4 languages. ... Ordovician animals (7 C, 16 P) P. Permian animals (6 C, 12 P) S. Silurian animals (8 C, 47 P)
They flourished during the early Paleozoic era, when they constituted the main predatory animals. Early in their evolution, nautiloids developed an extraordinary diversity of shell shapes, including coiled morphologies and giant straight-shelled forms ( orthocones ).
List of extinct animals of Romania; List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits, California, United States; List of fossil species in the London Clay, England; List of White Sea biota species by phylum, Russia; Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation, northern United States; Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation, western United States
Paleozoic animals of Oceania (7 C, 5 P) S. Paleozoic animals of South America (13 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 10 January 2024, at 21:55 (UTC). Text is ...
The Cambrian is the first period of the Paleozoic Era and ran from 539 million to 485 million years ago. The Cambrian sparked a rapid expansion in the diversity of animals, in an event known as the Cambrian explosion, during which the greatest number of animal body plans evolved in a single period in