Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million years ago. 4 min read When the Devonian period dawned about 416 million years ago the planet was changing its appearance. The great ...

At that time, known as the Devonian period, the world was changing dramatically: complex plant ecosystems formed on land, the first woody plants appeared, and the water's edge was becoming a new ...

The term was originally used by Charles Darwin in his book ... Devonian coelacanth' fish were recently brought to the surface in the interior regions of Western Australia that date back to a ...