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Flowering plants proliferated along with insects. New dinosaurs apperared. Primitive birds appear. Coastal plain lay under water. Africa/south america break up.
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mammals were common but they were small, the first bird and lizard appeared north american went to the north.
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Dinosaurs appeared and became dominant. Alligator type species appeared. Appalachians began to erode. North Carolina was near the equator.
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Seed bearing plants, amphibians and ferns appered. Plants took over the land.
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the first vascular plants appered these are plants with specialised tissues. the first millipedes appeared on the land, and primitive fish and first fish with jaws
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many fossils survive from this time, a lot of plants and aimals appered at this time
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First fossils of multi-celled animals survive this period.Land under NC pulled apart, formed volcanic rocks.
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Green algea colonies appeared in the sea
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First grasses appear. Mammals appear and ice cap develops in Antarctica. Coastal plain sunk again. Calcium rich shells sunk to ocean floor.
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early mammals diversified and the first of large mammals appeared the worlds cimate was still tropical.
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Mammals diversified and first large mammals appeared. World's climate was tropical. Coastal plain above sea level.
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Invertabrates diversified. First green plants on land fungi.
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in the wet land forest ferns wanted scale trees, and these trees became coal when they hit the ground.
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Amphibians were common and diverse. Last period of Appalachian mountain building in this period.
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amphibians remained common but were small, reptiles grew larger and diversified. the climate cooled down and the near-tropical conditions grew.
