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Early Devonian animals (Time series) - Wildlife in the Fossil sites

Classified animal and plant picture guide. Clicking the Organism name shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
The Early Devonian in Paleozoic spanned from 418.1 to 397 millon years ago. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6~40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The italic and bold figures, e.g. 488, show out of the range. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Devonian, Early Devonian, Middle Devonian, Late Devonian
The right map is the continents at Early devonian provided by C. R. Scotese PALEOMAP Project.
418.1 Mya
418.1~412.3 MyaTrilobiteHuntoniatonia  
Jawless fishAnglaspis  , Ctenaspis  , Lepidaspis  , Dinaspidella, Tareyaspis  , Althaspis  
418.1~409.1 MyaVascular plantUskiella
Jawless fishPoraspis  , Podolaspis
418.1~397 MyaTetrapodomorphaPsarolepis
First Coelacanth fossil
CoelacanthMiguashaia  
418.1~391.9 MyaJawless fishAllocryptaspis  , Cephalaspis  
418.1~388.1 MyaTrilobiteCrotalocephalina  
418.1~383.7 MyaVascular plantAnisophyton
418.1~359 MyaLamp shellMucrospirifer  
Sea lilyCupressocrinites  
ScorpionDracochela
Sea scorpionStrobilopterus, Grossopterus
First Armoured fish fossil?
Armoured fishPhyllolepis  
418.1~345 MyaSea lilyParisocrinus   (Great Dying②), Parisocrinus   (Great Dying②), Gilbertsocrinus   (Great Dying②)
418.1~284 MyaSea lilyCamptocrinus   (Great Dying②)
418.1~260.5 MyaCephalopodBactrites   (Great Dying②)
418.1~251 MyaSea scorpionAdelophthalmus   (Great Dying②), Lepidoderma   (Great Dying②)
418.1~70.6 MyaSpongeCyclostigma   (Great Dying②③④)
418.1~0 MyaBivalve(Pteria)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
416 Mya
416~397 MyaNon-vascular plantHorneophyton  
Jawless fishBoreaspis  , Doryaspis  
Armoured fishBrindabellaspis  , Murrindalaspis  , Weejasperaspi, Stensioella  
Spiny sharkParexus  
TetrapodomorphaKenichthys
412.3 Mya
412.3~409.1 MyaVascular plantNothia  , Adoketophyton
412.3~391.9 MyaVascular plantGosslingia, Rhynia  , Trichopherophyton
First spider fossil
SpiderPalaeocharinus  
First insect fossil
InsectRhyniognatha  , Rhyniella  
412.3~383.7 MyaSea starEospondylus  
412.3~376.1 MyaVascular plantDrepanophycus  
CoralHexagonaria  
412.3~359.2 MyaVascular plantAsteroxylon  
412.3~318.1 MyaVascular plantPsilophyton   (Great Dying②)
411.2 Mya
411.2~407 MyaNon-vascular plantAglaophyton  
410 Mya
410~0 MyaCoelacanthIndonesian coelacanth   (Great Dying②③④⑤), Comorese coelacanth   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
409.1 Mya
409.1~391.9 MyaVascular plantTrimerophyton  , Crenaticaulis
EchinodermRhenocystis  
Sea budRegulaecystis  
Brittle starOphiurina  , Kentrospondylus  
AnomalocarididSchinderhannes  
TrilobiteTerataspis   (60cm), Erbenochile  
Sea scorpionAlkenopterus, Jaekelopterus   (2.5m), Rhenopterus
Horseshoe
crab
Weinbergina  , Willwerathia
Jawless fishDrepanaspis  
Armoured fishLunaspis  , Gemuendina  , Pseudopetalichthys  , Paraplesiobatis  , Coccosteus  
First lungfish fossil
LungfishDipnorhynchus  
409.1~388.1 MyaSea lilyTriacrinus  
409.1~383.7 MyaVascular plantSawdonia  
409.1~332.9 MyaAmmoniteGoniatites   (Great Dying②)
409.1~284 MyaSpiny sharkAcanthodes   (Great Dying②)
409.1~251 MyaCoralMichelinia   (Great Dying②)
First Cartilaginous fish fossil
SharkCtenacanthus   (Great Dying②)
409.1~216.5 MyaBivalveAviculopecten   (Great Dying②③)
409.1~99.6 MyaSea cucumberAchistrum   (Great Dying②③④)
407 Mya
407~398 MyaTrilobiteWalliserops  
400 Mya
400~380 MyaTetrapodomorphaOsteolepis  
400~350 MyaHorseshoe
crab
Kasibelinurus