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Introduction: The Paleozoic era is subdivided into six periods: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian. Periods are named after regions where rocks and fossils of that age were first discovered. . The Mesozoic era is divided into three periods, namely the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous.
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