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Why are corals a dominant lifeforms on Earth during the Silurian period?
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Corals were a dominate life form during the Silurian period because the climate was much warmer in the oceans and the ocean's were actually larger than they are today. This gave coral a chance to grow large and strong.
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Why were corals a dominant life-form during the silurian period?
fish
Which animals appeared for the fist time during the Silurian period?
Reef-building corals
Which animals appeared for the first time during the Silurian period?
Reef-building corals
What tipe of animals during Silurian?
Primitive Fish,Trilobites,Orthocones and Horseshoe crabs lived in the silurian
What was the evolutionary process during Silurian?
The Silurian period started off with a mass extinction of 60% of all marine life. During the Silurian bony fishes evolved setting the stage for the Devonian, which is referred to as the "Age of the Fish".
Dangers in the silurian period?
You may face troubles with the organisms, for the sea life was then dominant... but most likely it would just be the humidity of the time, and the dominant, or dangerous organisms during the time.
What dinosaurs were in the Silurian era?
The Silurian period spans from 443 to 419 million years ago. The earliest dinosaurs evolved 231 million years ago. That means there were no dinosaurs at all during the Silurian.
What was the temperature like in degrees during the Silurian time period?
95 degrees
What began to grow during Silurian period in damp areas on land?
simple plants.
What organisms appearing during the Silurian period?
there were aracnids, jawed fish,eurypterid and land plant
During the Silurian period the first animals to adapt to life on land were?
Arthropods ( EARTH SCIENCE )
What is the origin of the word silurian?
The word "Silurian" comes from the Silures, a Celtic tribe that inhabited Wales during the time when rocks of this age were being studied and classified. The geologist Sir Roderick Murchison named the Silurian period after this tribe in the mid-19th century.
