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Fossils in Ohio!

The Devonian Period, "The Age of the Fishes"

Traveling Paleobiologist, Jessica Hull presents a lecture about fossils in Ohio, from the Devonian Period, more commonly knowns as "the age of the fishes".

A Traveling Paleobiologist, Jessica Hull will present a lecture on The Devonian Period in Ohio. Jessica has been passionate about fossils since she was a child, join us and learn about the Devonian Period, what is known as the "age of the fishes".

"Devonian Period, spanning between about 419.2 million and 358.9 million years ago. The Devonian Period is sometimes called the “Age of Fishes” because of the diverse, abundant, and, in some cases, bizarre types of these creatures that swam Devonian seas. Forests and the coiled shell-bearing marine organisms known as ammonites first appeared early in the Devonian. Late in the period the first four-legged amphibians appeared, indicating the colonization of land by vertebrates, (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2026.)"