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The cambian explosion
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Origin of life
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Enchinoderms
=
starfish
like creatures
Arthropods
= jointed
metazoa
conodont
=
jawless
fish like eels
End
ordovician
extinction -
85
% of all species due to
volcanic winter
Silurian
period contained
graptolites
and
corrals
Devonian
=
vascular plants
,
gymnosperms
, roots and
age of fish
Late
devonian
extinction =
75
% of all marine species due to
cooling
because of
continental
collision
Carboniferous
= swamp and
coal
forests, insect and
tetrapod
development
Permian
= dry climate and age of
reptiles
,
synapids
with
cooling fins
and
therapsids
(upright legs)
Permian
extinction = mother of all:
90
%,
volcanic
activity and acid rain
Triassic
=
Iystrosaurus
high dominance and
tetrapod
bounceback
Triassic
extinction =
80
% due to
volcanic
activity
Jurassic
= age of
dinosaurs
,
ornithischian
(orni this chan bird hipped),
sauristhischan
(saris this chan, lizard hipped)
Cretaceous
=
bird
and flower evolution with a
warm
climate
Cretaceous
extinction = 75% of all species due to
meteor
, end of
dinosaurs
Paleocene
= age of mammals, mega fauna,
monotremes
,
marsoupials
,
placentals
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