Olive Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) I wonder what the first terrestrial animal was and how it evolves from a marine creature. What kind of land was there (does plants already lives on earth?). Note that by "animal" I mean any creature that can be considered to belong to the animal kingdom whatever it is (insects, worms, whatever...). Many answers on the web seems to mistake "animal" and "vertebrate". When did it emerge? Edited August 1, 2019 by Olive typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 https://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G104/lectures/104land.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Thank you! That seems to answer the question indeed. So it seems that was arthropods. Edited August 1, 2019 by Olive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Olive said: Thank you! That seems to answer the question indeed. So it seems that was arthropods. No problem. I thought it was interesting too, with it outlining the issues of and requirements for terrestrial adaptation. Edited August 1, 2019 by StringJunky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qidran Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I think its the ancestors of millipedes and centipedes, the earliest arachnids, and the ancestors of insects. They were established on land in the Silurian Period. Their diet was early plants, and each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) On 8/1/2019 at 8:31 PM, StringJunky said: https://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G104/lectures/104land.html Nice link. +1. One of the first imprints of sea animals strolling (or maybe hurrying) ashore is in so-called* Track Central, Kalbarri National Park, Australia. Silurian sea scorpions of the genus Eurypterid seemed to follow in the footsteps of other arthropods, Kalbarria. http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/Trace-fossils-of-the-Tumblagooda-1667.aspx It's by no means sure that Kalbarria were the first animals, but those are the first traces I know of. Wonderful PBS documentary Australia's First Four Billion Years. * Non-official name, AFAIK. Edited June 26, 2020 by joigus small addition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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