Pages in category "Devonian animals" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

The earliest land animals, predominantly arthropods such as myriapods, arachnids and hexapods, also became well-established early in this period, after beginning their colonization of land at least from the Ordovician period.

Feb 22, 2014 · It is often known as the "Age of Fishes," although significant events also happened in the evolution of plants, the first insects and other animals.

Feb 28, 2025 · The Devonian Period is sometimes called the “Age of Fishes” because of the diverse, abundant, and, in some cases, bizarre types of these creatures that swam Devonian seas. Forests and the coiled shell-bearing marine organisms known as ammonites first appeared early in the Devonian.

Oct 29, 2012 · The Devonian* saw the peak of marine faunal diversity during the Paleozoic Era. New predators such as sharks, bony fishes and ammonoids ruled the oceans. Trilobites continued their decline, while brachiopods became the most abundant marine organism.

Feb 28, 2025 · Devonian Period - Fossils, Marine Life, Plants: A highly varied invertebrate fauna that originated in the preceding Silurian Period continued in the Devonian, and most ecological niches of shallow and deep marine water were exploited.

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 419.2 Mya (million years ago), to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 358.9. It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied.

Nov 16, 2022 · The following are some of the most incredible animals that lived during the Devonian Period. Devonian Period Animal 1: Ptyctodontids The ptyctodontid belonged to a group of marine creatures known as the placoderms.

DEVONIAN FAUNA 221 The upper Devonian faunas represented in Kentucky are the Tully and the Genesee. The former is found in the Duffin layer, and the latter is present in the New Albany shale. The Tully fauna is largely composed of modified holdovers of the Hamilton fauna, plus a number of immigrants of species like

Sep 28, 2021 · Devonian fauna Watch this video on YouTube The Devonian seas were dominated by brachiopods, such as the spiriferids, and by tabulate and rugose corals, which built large reefs in shallow waters.