Discovery Miracle Planet Disc 3: New Frontiers (2005) | Index |
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4:10 | Placoderms had jaws and dominated our Osteichthyans ancestors (Devonian period 410 MYA, French National Museum of Natural History) | 5:30 | Lobe-finned fish sought alternatives on land | 7:15 | Caledonian Mountains formed from clash of Baltica and Laurentia continents along Iapetus Sea 430 MYA (Sognefjord, Norway to Monreith Bay, Scotland) |
9:30 | Southern tipf collision is in east U.S. | 12:45 | Plant fossils from first known forest 370 MYA (Red Hill, Pennsylvania, was foothills of ancient Caledonian Range) | 13:30 | Archaeopteris cast shade and shed needle-like leaves, providing food and shelter |
19:00 | Armored Pleco | 19:00 | Predatory Arowana | 21:45 | Lungfish can breath air (Amazon) |
23:15 | Fish lung developed from swelling of esophagus | 24:25 | Modern fish lung developed into air bladder | 24:30 | Tetrapod fossil 360 MYA: |
24:50 | Air-breathing Acanthostega had 8 fingers; its limbs cannot bend and bear weight, but can move through weedy shallow water (east Greenland) | 30:00 | Hyneria tooth : freshwater predator may have driven other Acanthodian fish to shallow water (Red Hill, Pennsylvania) | 34:00 | Spotted Handfish (Australia) |
37:50 | Pederpes was earliest known animal to walk on land 348 MYA (foot of Caledonia mountains, west coast of ireland) | 41:00 | Dinocephalian were mammal-like reptiles that dominated land 250 MYA, became extinct (Great Karoo, South Africa) | 44:15 | Therapsid |
45:00 | Cynodont was distant ancestor of mammals | 45:30 | "Last pool" : 95% of Permian species became extinct, perhaps due to global warming |
4:10 Placoderms |
5:30 Lobe-finned fish |
7:15 Caledonian Mountains |
9:30 Southern tipf collision is in east U.S. |
12:45 Plant fossils |
13:30 Archaeopteris |
19:00 Pleco |
19:00 Arowana |
21:45 Lungfish |
23:15 Fish lung |
24:25 air bladder |
24:30 Tetrapod fossil |
24:50 Acanthostega |
30:00 Hyneria tooth |
34:00 Spotted Handfish |
37:50 Pederpes |
41:00 Dinocephalian |
44:15 Therapsid |
45:00 Cynodont |
45:30 "Last pool" |
Index | Feb 21, 2010 | Peter Chen |