Devonian Period

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:climate generally warm
gptkbp:continent gptkb:Gondwana
gptkb:Laurussia
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Late_Devonian
gptkb:Early_Devonian
gptkb:Middle_Devonian
gptkbp:duration about 60 million years
gptkbp:endDate 358.9 million years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Carboniferous_Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Devonian Period
gptkbp:importantFossilSites gptkb:Gogo_Formation
gptkb:Catskill_Formation
gptkb:Old_Red_Sandstone
gptkbp:lake gptkb:Proto-Tethys_Ocean
gptkb:Rheic_Ocean
gptkb:Panthalassa
gptkb:Paleo-Tethys_Ocean
gptkbp:majorExtinction gptkb:Late_Devonian_extinction
gptkbp:marineLife gptkb:Sarcopterygii
placoderms
early sharks
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Devon
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Roderick_Murchison
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Age_of_Fishes
gptkbp:notableEvent colonization of land by plants
evolution of jawed fish
first terrestrial vertebrates
gptkbp:notableFor diversification of fish
first appearance of amphibians
mass extinction event at end
first forests
evolution of early tetrapods
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Coccosteus
gptkb:Tiktaalik
gptkb:Bothriolepis
gptkb:Acanthostega
gptkb:Archaeopteris
gptkb:Dunkleosteus
gptkb:Ichthyostega
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Silurian_Period
gptkbp:startDate 419.2 million years ago
gptkbp:stratotypeLocation gptkb:Devon,_England
gptkbp:terrestrialLife gptkb:horsetails
arthropods
seed plants
early ferns
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fossil_Insects
gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkb:Phanerozoic_Eon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6