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Devonian Period
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Devonian paleogeography geologic time Early Devonian map Atrypa spinosa Arctolepis Devonian lungfish Cephalaspis Old Red Sandstone conglomerates Devonian Period plant evolution
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Also Known As Age of Fishes

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Devonian paleogeography
geologic time
Early Devonian map
Atrypa spinosa
Arctolepis
Devonian lungfish
Cephalaspis
Old Red Sandstone conglomerates
Devonian Period
plant evolution
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William Lonsdale
British geologist
Robert Kidston
British paleobotanist

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