Period Silurian Period

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First vascular plants; jawed fish (444-419 Ma).

443.80 Ma – 419.20 Ma · 24.60 Ma duration

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Silurian Period 2

443.8 Ma End-Ordovician Extinction First major mass extinction Two-phase extinction driven by glaciation and sea level fall; ~85% of marine species lost.
430 Ma First Vascular Plants Life colonises the land Early plants like Cooksonia spread onto land.

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