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Himalayas develop due to uplifting caused by the Indian subcontinent an Eurasian continents colliding.
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Appalachian Mountains are created because of the collision of tectonic plates & savannah form.
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Colonies of tiny invertebrates call graptolites flourished and vertebrates appear, fish did not have jaws or teeth and their bodies were covered with bony plates.
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Age of fishes, fish that can breath out of water and spend time on land form.
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There is very little plant life during this period.
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Eurypterids (sea scorpions), sea stars and coral become more common.
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Swamps and forests cover the land.
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Huge plants begin to develop, early amphibians form.
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Giant cockroaches appear.
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Coal deposits form.
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Welcome to the world of the Dinosaur! Enter the squirrel sized dinosaur & the first forest dwelling mammals appear.
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First flowering plants appear - angiosperm
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Ichthyosaurs are living in the ocean, new invertebrates call ammonite develop.
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Whoa those dins are getting big & dominate the land - Lizard- hipped and bird-hipped appear - carnivores and herbivores have arrived.
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Flying reptiles called pterosaurs are in the air now.
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Impact hypothesis - dinosaur mass extinction
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Flying squirrels, whales and bats appear.
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First modern horses appears.
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Homosapien (modern humans) appeared & are hunters.
