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The Cambrian Period witnessed the most rapid and widespread diversification of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared. Fish, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, and synapsids all evolved during the Paleozoic. Life began in the ocean but eventually transitioned onto land, and by the late Paleozoic, it was dominated by various forms of organisms.
The Carboniferous period (360-300 million years ago) is famous for its dense coal swamps that eventually turned into modern coal deposits. It was during the Carboniferous that the first true amphibians appeared, evolving by the start of the ensuing Permian period into the first reptiles and lizards.