The Climate and Continents
The Paleozoic Era was from 543 MYA-251 MYA. The continents shifting into pannotia and eventually pangaea caused temperatures shifts that changed the climate of the earth. At the end of the era pangaea forming caused extreme temperatures. Pannotia looked like a bowl at the bottom of the earth with 3 rocks in it, almost perfectly centered on the prime meridian, and almost completely under the equator. At the end of the era pangaea looked like a weird dinosaur running up the prime meridian.
The Animals and Plants
At the beginning of the time period soft bodied animals and algae were only present. But soon the cambrian “explosion” of life skyrocketed the diversity of life.During the carboniferous period plants thrived. Sadly, at the end of the era the vendian extinction wiped out 90-95% of all life. It was the largest mass extinction in history.
The Paleozoic Era was from 543 MYA-251 MYA. The continents shifting into pannotia and eventually pangaea caused temperatures shifts that changed the climate of the earth. At the end of the era pangaea forming caused extreme temperatures. Pannotia looked like a bowl at the bottom of the earth with 3 rocks in it, almost perfectly centered on the prime meridian, and almost completely under the equator. At the end of the era pangaea looked like a weird dinosaur running up the prime meridian.
The Animals and Plants
At the beginning of the time period soft bodied animals and algae were only present. But soon the cambrian “explosion” of life skyrocketed the diversity of life.During the carboniferous period plants thrived. Sadly, at the end of the era the vendian extinction wiped out 90-95% of all life. It was the largest mass extinction in history.