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What is a fossil?
How are fossils formed?
Where are fossils found?
Determining the age of fossils
Geological time scale
Eras and periods
Pseudofossils
Further information

Geological Eras and Periods

Devonian Period

About 410 to 354 million years ago

Jawed fish Cephalaspis.
Jawed fish Cephalaspis.
Artist: Kate Nolan.
Source: Museum Victoria.
 Eusthenopteron foordii.
Jawed fish Eusthenopteron foordii.
Source: Museum Victoria.


Coral Pleurodictyum.
Coral Pleurodictyum.
Source: Museum Victoria.
 Brachiopod Mucrospirifer.
Brachiopod Mucrospirifer.
Source: Museum Victoria.


Amphibian.
Genoa Amphibian.
Artist: Kate Nolan.
Source: Museum Victoria.


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