The new life burgeoning on land apparently escaped the worst effects of the mass extinction that ended the Devonian. The main victims were marine creatures, with up to 70 percent of species wiped out.

Earth's five mass extinctions Earth's five mass extinctions ... followed by rising sea levels from melting ice. Late Devonian Extinction (about 375-359 million years ago): This extinction happened ...

By the middle of the Devonian (380 million years ago), the genus Antarctilamna ... The end of the Permian Period (252 million years ago) saw yet another mass extinction event, wiping out around 96% of ...

Unfortunately, like most marine life during this time, they met their demise during the devastating mass extinction at the end of the Devonian period. Note: A licence from the Antiquities and ...