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Middle 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 Middle Devonian in Paleozoic spanned from 397 to 385 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.
397 Mya
397~385 MyaChordataPalaeospondylus  
Jawless fishPituriaspis  
Armoured fishEastmanosteus  
397~359 MyaCoelacanthDiplocercides
392 Mya
392~386 MyaArmoured fishPterichthyodes  
391.9 Mya
391.9~388.1 MyaJawless fishPycnosteus  , Psammolepis  , Tartuosteus  
391.9~383.7 MyaSea budPentremitidea, Eleutherocrinus
391.9~359.2 MyaVascular plantBarinophyton  
391.9~305 MyaLamp shellCyrtospirifer   (Great Dying②)
391.9~249.7 MyaFirst fern fossil
FernCaulopteris   (Great Dying②③)
391.9~0 MyaSnail(Cypraecassis)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
390 Mya
390~380 MyaSpiny sharkCheiracanthus  
388.1 Mya
388.1~383.7 MyaFernWattieza   (8m), Hyenia
Sea budNucleocrinus, Placoblastus
388.1~376.1 MyaFernPseudosporochnus  
Sea budHyperoblastus
388.1~359.2 MyaVascular plantCallixylon  , Aneurophyton  
388.1~345.3 MyaFernCladoxylon   (Great Dying②)
388.1~318.1 MyaVascular plantArchaeopteris   (Great Dying②)
FernRhacophyton   (Great Dying②)
388.1~284 MyaSea lilySynbathocrinus   (Great Dying②)
388.1~258 MyaVascular plantSigillaria   (Great Dying②)
388.1~251 MyaGastropodaBellerophon   (Great Dying②)
388.1~203.6 MyaVascular plantLepidodendron   (Great Dying②)
388.1~70.6 MyaFernSphenopteris   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
388.1~0 MyaBuckthorn(Buckthorn)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
Coral(Fire corals)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
Snail(Natica)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
Bivalve(Lucina)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)