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[[Image:Paleozoic.jpg|left]]
[[Image:Paleozoic.jpg|left]]
'''Paleozoic''' means ''ancient life''. Paleozoic era is the earliest of three [[Geology |geologic]] eras of the Phanerozoic eon.
The '''Paleozoic''' era is the earliest of three [[Geology|geologic]] eras of the [[Phanerozoic]] eon in the [[Geologic system]] of classifying rocks.
The Paleozoic era is divided into seven different periods:
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*[[Cambrian]]
*[[Cambrian]]
*[[Ordovician]]
*[[Ordovician]]
*Carboniferous
*Carboniferous
*Permian
*Permian
|}
'''Paleozoic''' means ''ancient life''.
The Paleozoic starts shortly after the breakup of a supercontinent called Pannotia and at the end of the era, the continents gathered together into a supercontinent called [[Pangea]] (approximately 300 million years). ''The Paleozoic is bracketed by two of the most important events in the history of animal life. At its beginning, multicelled animals underwent a dramatic "explosion" in diversity, and almost all living animal phyla appeared within a few millions of years. At the other end of the Paleozoic, the largest mass extinction in history wiped out approximately 90% of all marine animal species.'' <ref> [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleozoic/paleozoic.html The Paleozoic Era 543 to 248 Million Years Ago]
The Paleozoic starts shortly after the breakup of a supercontinent called Pannotia and at the end of the era, the continents gathered together into a supercontinent called [[Pangea]] (approximately 300 million years). ''The Paleozoic is bracketed by two of the most important events in the history of animal life. At its beginning, multicelled animals underwent a dramatic "explosion" in diversity, and almost all living animal phyla appeared within a few millions of years. At the other end of the Paleozoic, the largest mass extinction in history wiped out approximately 90% of all marine animal species.'' <ref> [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleozoic/paleozoic.html The Paleozoic Era 543 to 248 Million Years Ago]
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== See also ==
== See also ==