Great news! As an email subscriber, you have immediate and exclusive access to our best rates: our Insider Pricing deals. Do a search below to see deals on your dates, then look for the tag.
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.
Online exhibits: Geologic time scale. The Paleozoic Era. The Paleozoic is bracketed by two of the most important events in the history of animal life. At its beginning, multicelled animals underwent a dramatic explosion in diversity, and almost all living animal phyla appeared within a few millions of years.nline exhibits: Geologic time scale. The Paleozoic Era. The Paleozoic is bracketed by two of the most important events in the history of animal life. At its beginning, multicelled animals underwent a dramatic explosion in diversity, and almost all living animal phyla appeared within a few millions of years.