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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 Silurian period (443-416 million years ago) was the shortest period of the Paleozoic Era. This is when the very first terrestrial plants and invertebrates (i.e., bugs) appeared, while the most important development in vertebrate life was the evolution of jawed fish.