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The first vertebrates evolved during the Cambrian Explosion about 525 million years ago. The Cambrian Explosion, obviously, occurred during the Cambrian period. The Cambrian period was part of the Paleozoic era.

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All the major phylums (phyla) of animals were present in the Cambrian era. Consult any reference on the Burgess Shale Fossils.

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The earliest known chordate is Pikaia gracilens, which lived in the Cambrian Period. True vertebrates probably appeared in the Ordovician Period. Both periods are in the Palezoic Era.

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During the late Devonian period in the Paleozoic era about 397 million years ago

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The first terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods) had evolved by the middle of the Devonian period, about 385 million years ago.

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Paleozoic Era

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Earth's first vertebrates appeared during this period?

No, the first vertebrates evolved long before the Mesozoic. The first vertebrates, small jawless fish, evolved around 520 million years ago. Land animals had even evolved long before the Mesozoic Era.


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Vertebrates first appeared during the Paleozoic era.


Did the first vertebrates evolve during the mesozoic era?

No. The 1st vertebrates appeared in the fossil record about 525 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. This was in the Paleozoic Era.


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