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Paleozoic

The Paleozoic (/ˌpæli.əˈzoʊ.ɪk, -i.oʊ-, ˌpeɪ-/ PAL-ee-ə-ZOH-ik, -⁠ee-oh-, PAY-; or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. Beginning 538.8 million years ago (Ma), it succeeds the Neoproterozoic (the last era of the Proterozoic Eon) and ends 251.9 Ma at the start of the Mesozoic Era. The Paleozoic is subdivided into…

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Alternate spelling(s)
Palaeozoic
Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Era
Lower boundary definition
Appearance of the Ichnofossil Treptichnus pedum
Lower GSSP ratified
August 1992 (as base of Cambrian): 5
Name formality
Formal

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related to Boundaries · 41
Paleozoic → After, As, Burin Peninsula, Cambrian, Cambrian Global Stratotype Section, China, Ediacaran, Fortune Head, GSSP, Harlaniella, Hindeodus, However, ICS, In, International Commission, Ma, Meishan, Mesozoic, Neoproterozoic, Newfoundland
related to Climate · 22
Paleozoic → Africa, Australia, Baltica, Cambrian, China, Gondwana, Greenland, However, Laurentia, North America, Northern Europe, Ordovician, Over, Paleozoic Era, Phanerozoic, Phanerozoic Eon, Russia, South America, South Pole, The
related to Geology · 18
Paleozoic → Acadian-Caledonian, Appalachians, Australia, By, Caledonides, Cambrian, Central Africa, Europe, Gondwana, Iapetus Ocean, North America, Paleoclimatic, Paleozoic Era, Pangaea, Pannotia, Tasmania, The, Ural Mountains
related to Permian Period · 18
Paleozoic → At, Creatures, Diapsids, Dimetrodon, Earth, Edaphosaurus, Eventually, Gorgonopsids, Near, Paleozoic Era, Pangaea, Panthalassa, Permian, Phanerozoic, Scutosaurus, The, The Great Dying, The Permian
related to Fauna · 17
Paleozoic → Additionally, Amniotes, Amphibians, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Cenozoic, Devonian, Devonian Periods, In, Infaunal, Non-motile, Permian, Predators, Silurian, Some, The, The Paleozoic
related to Flora · 10
Paleozoic → Carboniferous, Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse, Climate, Euramerica, Neoproterozoic Era, Paleozoic Era, Permian, Silurian Period, Terrestrial, While
related to External links · 3
Paleozoic → Archived, Paleozoic ForaminiferaPaleozoic, Wayback Machine
related to Microbiota · 2
Paleozoic → Paleozoic's, This
Alternate spelling(s) · 1
Paleozoic → Palaeozoic
Celestial body · 1
Paleozoic → Earth

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first life cambrian permian ordovician years million devonian early era ago time silurian late carboniferous phanerozoic sea gondwana land climate

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PaleozoicAlternate spelling(s)Palaeozoic1.00infobox
PaleozoicCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
PaleozoicChronological unitEra1.00infobox
PaleozoicLower boundary definitionAppearance of the Ichnofossil Treptichnus pedum1.00infobox
PaleozoicLower boundary GSSPFortune Head section, Newfoundland, Canada .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,…1.00infobox
PaleozoicLower GSSP ratifiedAugust 1992 (as base of Cambrian): 51.00infobox
PaleozoicName formalityFormal1.00infobox
PaleozoicRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
PaleozoicStratigraphic unitErathem1.00infobox
PaleozoicTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
PaleozoicUpper boundary definitionFirst appearance of the Conodont Hindeodus parvus.1.00infobox
PaleozoicUpper boundary GSSPMeishan, Zhejiang, China 31°04′47″N 119°42′21″E / 31.0798°N 119.7058°E / 31.0798; 119.70581.00infobox
PaleozoicUpper GSSP ratifiedMarch 2001: 1021.00infobox

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