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61Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …
62Permian Period — Interval of geologic time, 290–248 million years ago. The last of the six periods of the Paleozoic Era, it follows the Carboniferous Period. During the Permian, the continents joined to form a single supercontinent, Pangea. Hot, dry conditions… …
63Mississippian — For other uses, see Mississippian (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the Mississippian period describing the dominance of the Mississippian culture. System Subsystem/ Series Stage Age (Ma) Permian Cisuralian Asselian …
64Tetrapod — Taxobox name = Tetrapods fossil range = Late Devonian to Recent image width = 200px image caption = A Fire Salamander. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata superclassis = Tetrapoda superclassis authority = Broili, 1913… …
65Dumfriesshire — Not to be confused with Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency) or Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency). Dumfries   County (until circa 1890)   …
66Variscan orogeny — The Variscan (or Hercynian) orogeny is a geologic mountain building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Laurasia and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangea.NamingThe name, Variscan , comes from the Medieval Latin… …
67Coal forest — Etching depicting some of the most significant plants of the Carboniferous. Coal forests were the vast swathes of wetlands that extended over much of the tropical land areas during late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and Permian times.[1 …
68Geology of England — The Geology of England is mainly sedimentary. The youngest rocks are in the south east around London, progressing in age in a north westerly direction. [ [http://www.soton.ac.uk/ imw/Geology Britain.htm Southampton University] retrieved 21/1/07]… …
69Geological history of Earth — impacting the Earth in a glancing blow. [cite journal | last = R. Canup and E. Asphaug | title = Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth s formation | journal = Nature | volume = 412 | pages = 708–712 | date = 2001 | url =… …
70Timeline of plant evolution — This article attempts to place key plant innovations in a geological context. It concerns itself only with novel innovations and events that had a major global significance, not those that are of solely anthropological interest. The timeline… …
