The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic are the three main eras of complex multicellular life on Earth. The Paleozoic is the age of invertebrates, terrestrial plants, amphibians, and synapsids. The Mesozoic is the age of reptiles, and the Cenozoic is the age of mammals. The Ediacaran fauna existed around 60 million years before the start of […]
After the extinction of dinosaurs, small reptiles and rodent-like mammals became the primary land animals. These mammals diversified rapidly and became the dominant Cenozoic animals. Early Cenozoic animals adapted to nocturnal hunting and differentiated into various lineages, including the clade Ferae, which gave rise to modern carnivores, ungulates, and cetaceans. Large herbivorous animals radiated from […]
