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416 MA
DEVONIAN416 PERIOD (57 M) (416-359 MA)
Acadian mountain building
Age of Fishes
LOWER DEVONIAN416 EPOCH (18.5 M) (416-397.5 MA)
LOCHKOVIAN416 STAGE (4.8 M) (416-411.2 MA)
411.2 MA
PRAGIAN411.2 STAGE (4.2 M) (411.2-407 MA)
407 MA
EMSIAN 407 STAGE (9.5 M) (407-397.5 MA)
400 MA
Ammonites appear (Late Silurian - Early Devonian)
397.5 MA
MIDDLE DEVONIAN397.5 EPOCH (12.2 M)(397.5-385.3 MA)
EIFELIAN397.5 STAGE (5.7 M) (397.5-391.8 MA)
391.8 MA
GIVETIAN391.8 STAGE (6.5 M) (391.8-385.3 MA)
385.3 MA
UPPER DEVONIAN385.3 EPOCH (26.10 M) (385.3-359.2 MA)
FRASNIAN 385.3 STAGE (10.8 M) (385.3-374.5 MA)
385 MA
Eusthenopteron - fish creature
375 MA
Tiktaalik roseae - missing link between fish and amphibian
374.5 MA
FAMENNIAN374.5 STAGE (15.3 M) (374.5-359.2 MA)
370 MA
Large shallow ocean spread across much of North America
Cladoselache - (up to 1 meter long) one of the most ancient and primitive sharks (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee)
365 MA
Horsetails
Ferns
Ichthyostega - with hind limb
Amphibians appear
Land arthropods abundant

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