Silurian Period
443-419 million years ago · Event
Life's beachhead on land: the first vascular plants green the waterlines, the first millipedes and scorpions follow them ashore, and in the seas fish evolve jaws — turning them from filter-feeders into hunters.
On these timelines: The Age of Dinosaurs, Master
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