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Late 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 Late Devonian in Paleozoic spanned from 385 to 359.2 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.
385.3 Mya
385.3~374.5 MyaArmoured fishCampbellodus  , Materpiscis  , Rolfosteus  
TetrapodomorphaVentastega   (Amphibia like), Gogonasus  , Metaxygnathus  , Beelarongia, Eusthenopteron  
LungfishScaumenacia  
First amphibia fossil (Evolution from water to land)
Primitive amphibiaElginerpeton   (Primitive tetrapoda)
385.3~359.2 MyaSpiny sharkDiplacanthus  
TetrapodomorphaMandageria  , Eusthenodon
AmmoniteSoliclymenia  
383.7 Mya
383.7~376.1 MyaArmoured fishPlourdosteus  
TetrapodomorphaHoloptychius  , Panderichthys   (Amphibia like), Tiktaalik  
383.7~359.2 MyaFernPseudobornia  
383.7~228 MyaFirst conifer fossil
ConiferCordaites   (Great Dying②③)
383.7~183 MyaFirst cycad fossil
CycadCyclopteris   (Great Dying②③④)
380.8 Mya
380.8~367 MyaRay-finned fishCheirolepis  
377 Mya
377~362 MyaTetrapodomorphaSauripterus   (From fins to fingers)
377~310 MyaTetrapodomorphaRhizodus   (Great Dying②)
376.1 Mya
376.1~360.7 MyaBrittle starStephanoura
First shrimp fossil
ShrimpPalaeopalaemon
376.1~359.2 MyaGreen algaeProtosalvinia
First seed plant fossil
Seed plantMoresnetia   (Oldest seed plant), Archaeosperma
AmmoniteClymenia  
SpiderGigantocharinus  
Armoured fishBothriolepis  , Dunkleosteus   (10m)
SharkCladoselache   (Primitive shark)
LungfishDipterus  
376.1~353.8 MyaSea budMesoblastus   (Great Dying②)
376.1~345.3 MyaSea lilyPachylocrinus   (Great Dying②)
376.1~342.8 MyaSea lilyForbesiocrinus   (Great Dying②)
376.1~339.4 MyaSea budOrophocrinus   (Great Dying②)
376.1~332.9 MyaSea starOnychaster   (Great Dying②)
376.1~260.5 MyaSea lilyPlatycrinites   (Great Dying②)
376.1~252.3 MyaFernSphenophyllum   (Great Dying②)
CephalopodPseudorthoceras (Great Dying②)
376.1~199.6 MyaCartilaginous fishAgeleodus   (Great Dying②③④)
376.1~0 MyaBivalve(Cucullaea)   (Great Dying②③④⑤)
375 Mya
375~360 MyaSecond event of Major extinction (Great Dying②)
374.5 Mya
374.5~359.2 MyaJawless fishEndeiolepis  , Euphanerops  
Armoured fishTurrisaspis  
TetrapodomorphaHyneria   (4m), Gooloogongia, Cabonnichthys  , Duffichthys, Quebecius  , Elpistostege, Canowindra  
Primitive amphibiaIchthyostega  , Hynerpeton  , Obruchevichthys   (Primitive tetrapoda), Acanthostega  , Tulerpeton