paleozoic era carboniferous period
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Paleozoic Era Carboniferous Period. 359-299mya “Coal Age,” very well known for plant fossils that make up the world’s major coal seams “Age of the Amphibians,” including ancestors of modern terrestrial vertebrates Diversification of terrestrial and aquatic arthropods - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Paleozoic Era Carboniferous Period
• 359-299mya• “Coal Age,” very well known for plant fossils
that make up the world’s major coal seams• “Age of the Amphibians,” including ancestors
of modern terrestrial vertebrates• Diversification of terrestrial and aquatic
arthropods• Evolution of amniotic egg in reptiles
Newly discovered “legless” amphibian- produces eggs that have yolk
Amphibian eggs