When Earth Finally Woke Up on Land

The Silurian Period (443–419.6 million years ago) saw Earth’s oceans rebound after a mass extinction, becoming a Subnautica-like world dominated by jawless fishes, eurypterids, and nautiloids. With land still barren, nearly all complex life existed underwater, forming strange, highly diverse marine ecosystems. 00:00 What Was Life Like During the Silurian Period? 02:38 Earth 430 Million Years Ago Looked Like This 06:00 The First Plants and Animals on Land 09:32 Pterygotus – The Apex Predator of Ancient Oceans 13:29 Trilobites: The Most Successful Arthropods of the Paleozoic 18:29 The Most Unusual Eurypterid Ever Known Was Hibbertopterus 21:23 Cooksonia: The First True Land Plant 24:46 Nothing About Mixopterus Was Normal. Here’s Why 26:43 Parioscorpio — The Oldest Scorpion Ever Discovered 29:07 Jamoytius: One of the Earliest Vertebrates in History 31:58 Megamastax: The First Giant Vertebrate Predator 34:01 The First Vertebrates With True Jaws and Spines 38:03 Naraoia: The Lost Silurian Relative of Trilobites 42:02 Eurypterus remipes: The First Sea Scorpion Ever Described 53:55 When Earth Had Living Submarines 58:41 How Weird Jawless Fish Survived Without Jaws Sources: 1. https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/silurian/si... 2. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... 3. https://www.sci.news/paleontology/hib... 4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... 5. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rs... 6. https://www.sci.news/paleontology/sci... 7. https://www.nps.gov/articles/fossils-.... 8. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Credits: Life on Our Planet, Walking with Monsters, Animal Armageddon, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide, Fine Art America, Mark Witton, Emily Stepp, Tiko, Mario Lanzas, Masato Hattori and others. ► For copyright queries or general inquiries please get in touch: [email protected] COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.