Age of Fishes

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Noun1.Age of Fishes - from 405 million to 345 million years agoAge of Fishes - from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
Devonian, Devonian period
Paleozoic, Paleozoic era - from 544 million to about 230 million years ago
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Dating back to the Devonian period, a geological era known as the age of fishes, it was found in the walls of clay quarries in China, near the town of Xinhang, in the country's Anhui province.
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The Devonian Period (415 to 360 million years ago) is often described as the Age of Fishes because of the rich variety of aquatic forms that populated the ancient seas, lagoons and streams.
New species of large predatory fish from Devonian Period found
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