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Also Known As Age of Fishes

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Devonian paleogeography
geologic time
Early Devonian map
Atrypa spinosa
Arctolepis
Devonian lungfish
Cephalaspis
Old Red Sandstone conglomerates
Devonian Period
Plant evolution
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William Lonsdale
British geologist
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Robert Kidston
British paleobotanist