Question

Age of fishes was known as __.​

Answer 1

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• The Devonian Period has been commonly referred to as the age of fish.

• The Devonian, part of the Paleozoic era, is otherwise known as the Age of Fishes, as it spawned a remarkable variety of fish.

• The most formidable of them were the armored placoderms, a group that first appeared during the Silurian with powerful jaws lined with bladelike plates that acted as teeth.

• This fourth Period of the Paleozoic Era lasted from 417 million years ago to 354 million years ago.

• It is named for Devon, England where the old red sandstone of the Devonian was first studied.